Firearm legislation reform in the European Union: Impact on firearm availability, firearm suicide and homicide rates in Austria

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-257

  Kapusta, Nestor D ^a   Etzersdorfer, Elmar ^b   Krall, Christoph ^a   Sonneck, Gernot ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Furtbach Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; EUROPEAN UNION; FIREARM; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; LICENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34548806907     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.032862     Document Type: Article

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