Journal article
The choice of weapons in firearm suicides in Iowa
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.83(11), pp.1630-1632
11/1993
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.83.11.1630
PMCID: PMC1694892
PMID: 8238694
Abstract
This study reports the types of firearms used in firearm suicides in Iowa and tests the hypothesis that the use of handguns, rifles, and shotguns in such suicides reflects the availability of these weapons. The percentage of firearm suicides involving handguns increased from 36.6% in 1980 through 1984 to 43.3% during 1990 and 1991. In both time periods, the use of handguns was more likely than would be expected from their household prevalence. Our data suggest that handguns are disproportionately represented among firearm suicides and that this overrepresentation has increased during the last decade.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The choice of weapons in firearm suicides in Iowa
- Creators
- Craig Zwerling - Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa CityCharles F LynchLeon F BurmeisterUlrike Goertz
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.83(11), pp.1630-1632
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.83.11.1630
- PMID
- 8238694
- PMCID
- PMC1694892
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Grant note
- R49/CCR703640-03 / PHS HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1993
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983996095902771
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