Firearms and suicide in US cities

Injury Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue E1, 2015, Pages e116-e119

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Warren, Molly ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928659711     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040969     Document Type: Article

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