Guns and suicide in the United States.

@article{Miller2008GunsAS,
  title={Guns and suicide in the United States.},
  author={M. Miller and D. Hemenway},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={2008},
  volume={359 10},
  pages={
          989-91
        }
}
  • M. Miller, D. Hemenway
  • Published 2008
  • Medicine
  • The New England journal of medicine
    • In 2005, an average of 46 Americans per day committed suicide with a firearm, accounting for 53% of all completed suicides. Dr. Matthew Miller and David Hemenway write that the empirical evidence linking suicide risk in the United States to the presence of firearms in the home is compelling. 
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