Acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicide

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1592-1603

  Branas, Charles C ^a   Richmond, Therese S ^b   Ten Have, Thomas R ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol outlets; Geography; Injury; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 80053481661     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.604371     Document Type: Review

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