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Study examines risk of suicide by first‐time handgun owners
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32417
Subject(s) - suicide risk , suicide prevention , criminology , medicine , poison control , psychology , forensic engineering , medical emergency , psychiatry , environmental health , engineering
Researchers examining the link between handgun ownership and suicide have found that first‐time handgun owners are at higher risk of firearm‐related suicide. The findings were published in the June 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine .