Firearm availability and the use of firearms for suicide and homicide

D Lester

doi:10.2466/pms.2000.91.3.998

Firearm availability and the use of firearms for suicide and homicide

Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Dec;91(3 Pt 1):998. doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.3.998.

Author

D Lester¹

Affiliation

¹ Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.

PMID: 11153880
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.3.998

Abstract

In a sample of 36 nations circa 1993, a measure of firearm availability based on the percentages of suicides and homicides using firearms gave better evidence for an association between firearm availability and their use for suicide and homicide than did the accidental firearm mortality rate.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Accidents / statistics & numerical data
Cause of Death
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Firearms / statistics & numerical data*
Homicide / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
Wounds, Gunshot / mortality