Managing Suicide Risk in Late Life: Access to Firearms as a Public Health Risk

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-36

  Oslin, David W ^a,b,c   Zubritsky, Cynthia ^b   Brown, Greg ^a   Mullahy, Marian ^b   Puliafico, Anthony ^a   Have, Thomas Ten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0346562879     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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