Firearm ownership and suicide rates among US men and women, 1981-2013

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1316-1322

  Siegel, Michael ^a   Rothman, Emily F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974555526     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303182     Document Type: Review

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