Firearm suicide in New York City in the 1990s

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-45

  Piper, T M ^b   Tracy, M ^b   Bucciarelli, A ^b   Tardiff, K ^c   Galea, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 33144488170     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.008953     Document Type: Article

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