@article{ref1,
title="Firearms Availability and Suicide: Evidence, Interventions, and Future Directions",
journal="American behavioral scientist",
year="2003",
author="Brent, David A. and Bridge, Jeffrey A.",
volume="46",
number="9",
pages="1192-1210",
abstract="Case-control studies show an association between firearms in the home and completed suicide, with higher risks associated with loaded guns and handguns in the home. Quasi-experimental studies also show a relationship between greater restrictiveness of gun control laws and lower suicide rates by firearms and overall, although some studies fail to show an effect or show method substitution. A prospective study shows that handgun purchasers have an elevated risk for suicide for up to 6 years after the purchase. Relatively few studies have examined the impact of intervention to encourage families to store guns safely or remove firearms from the home on suicidal outcome.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-7642",
doi="10.1177/0002764202250662",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764202250662"
}