Suicide rates and state laws regulating access and exposure to handguns

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2049-2058

  Anestis, Michael D ^a   Anestis, Joye C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941358463     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302753     Document Type: Article

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