Substance use, firearm availability, depressive symptoms, and mental health service utilization among white and African American suicide decedents aged 15 to 64 years

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 614-621

  Kung, Hsiang Ching ^a   Pearson, Jane L ^b   Wei, Rong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Race; Risk Factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FIREARM; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 33644634449     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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