Suicidal behavior and firearm access: Results from the second injury control and risk survey

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 384-391

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Barber, Catherine ^b   Miller, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051533821     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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