A reconsideration of the correlation between veteran status and firearm suicide in the general population

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 317-321

  Hoffmire, Claire A ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84907210261     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041029     Document Type: Article

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