Race and method of suicide: Culture and opportunity

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-68

  Stack, Steven ^a   Wasserman, Ira ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Firearms; Method; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 17044369214     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110590512949     Document Type: Article

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