The association between state laws regulating handgun ownership and statewide suicide rates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2059-2067

  Anestis, Michael D ^a   Khazem, Lauren R ^a   Law, Keyne C ^a   Houtsma, Claire ^a   LeTard, Rachel ^a   Moberg, Fallon ^a   Martin, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LICENSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; OWNERSHIP; STATE GOVERNMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940446996     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302465     Document Type: Article

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