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Suicide fatalities in the US compared to Canada: Potential suicides averted with lower firearm ownership in the US
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The United States (US) has the highest rate of firearm suicides in the world. The US and Canada are comparable countries with markedly different rates of firearm ownership, providing an opportunity to estimate suicide fatalities that could be averted in the US with a lowe...
Autores principales: | Raifman, Julia, Sampson, Laura, Galea, Sandro |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7192495/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32353022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232252 |
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