Access to means of suicide, occupation and the risk of suicide: a national study over 12 years of coronial data

Abstract Background Availability of lethal means is a significant risk factor for suicide. This study investigated whether occupations with greater access to lethal means had higher suicide rates than those without access, and further, whether this relationship differed for females versus males. Met...

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Main Authors: A Milner, K Witt, H Maheen, AD LaMontagne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-017-1288-0