The base rates and factors associated with reported access to firearms in psychiatric inpatients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Kolla, Bhanu Prakash ^a   O'Connor, Stephen S ^b   Lineberry, Timothy W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to means; Firearms; Inpatient psychiatry; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956002795     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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