Firearms and suicide in the northeast

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 626-632

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Firearms; Guns; Suicide; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 4744359074     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000093367.07960.E4     Document Type: Article

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