Firearm suicides and availability of firearms: The Swiss experience

European Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 432-434

  Ajdacic Gross, V ^a,b   Killias, M ^c   Hepp, U ^d   Haymoz, S ^e   Bopp, M ^b   Gutzwiller, F ^b   Rossler W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Psychiatric Services Aargau   (Switzerland)

^e Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Firearms; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

FIREARMS; HUMANS; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77958487587     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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