Reducing a suicidal person's access to lethal means of suicide: A research agenda

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Barber, Catherine W ^a   Miller, Matthew J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COUNSELING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FIREARM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OWNERSHIP; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906313725     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.05.028     Document Type: Article

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