Suicide and alcohol: Do outlets play a role?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2124-2133

  Johnson, Fred W ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^a   Remer, Lillian G ^a  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Outlets; Panel Model; Spatial Analysis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENSITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CALIFORNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70450199430     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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