Urban-rural differences in suicide in the state of Maryland: The role of firearms

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1548-1553

  Nestadt, Paul S ^a   Triplett, Patrick ^b   Fowler, David R ^c   Mojtabai, Ramin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c State of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029472136     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303865     Document Type: Article

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