The growing use of firearms by suicidal older women, 1979-1992: A research note

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-78

  Adamek, Margaret E ^a   Kaplan, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029947188     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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