The Association Between Gun Ownership and Statewide Overall Suicide Rates

@article{Anestis2018TheAB,
  title={The Association Between Gun Ownership and Statewide Overall Suicide Rates},
  author={M. Anestis and Claire Houtsma},
  journal={Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior},
  year={2018},
  volume={48},
  pages={204–217}
}
An extensive body of research has demonstrated an association between gun ownership and suicide that extends beyond the effects of a range of covariates. We aimed to expand on extant research by examining the extent to which gun ownership predicts statewide overall suicide rates beyond the effects of demographic, geographic, religious, psychopathological, and suicide-related variables. By extending the list of covariates utilized, considering those covariates simultaneously, and using more… Expand
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