Association of rates of household handgun ownership, lifetime major depression, and serious suicidal thoughts with rates of suicide across US census regions

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-316

  Hemenway, David ^a   Miller, M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342504756     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.4.313     Document Type: Article

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