Firearm regulations and rates of suicide: A Comparison of Two Metropolitan Areas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 322, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 369-373

  Sloan, John Henry ^a,d   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b   Reay, Donald T ^a,b,c   Ferris, James A j ^e   Kellermann, Arthur L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c King County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIREARM; LEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FIREARMS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; OWNERSHIP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0025129253     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199002083220605     Document Type: Article

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