Firearms, hanging, and drowning suicides in the Republic of Ireland

Crisis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Sarma, Kiran ^a   Kola, Susanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drowning; Firearms; Hanging; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DROWNING; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 77957087368     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000016     Document Type: Article

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