Acute use of alcohol and methods of suicide in a US national sample

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-178

  Conner, Kenneth R ^a   Huguet, Nathalie ^b   Caetano, Raul ^c   Giesbrecht, Norman ^d   McFarland, Bentson H ^e   Nolte, Kurt B ^f   Kaplan, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891699391     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301352     Document Type: Article

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