Explaining suicide among blacks and whites: How socioeconomic factors and gun availability affect race-specific suicide rates

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1203-1227

  Kubrin, Charis E ^a   Wadsworth, Tim ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 70350145261     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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