Health problems and male firearm suicide

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Hempstead, Katherine ^a   Nguyen, Tuan ^a   David Rus, Richard ^b   Jacquemin, Bretta ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Francisc I Rainer Institute of Anthropology   (Romania)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FIREARM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FIREARMS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; ODDS RATIO; OWNERSHIP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873840473     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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