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Access to means of suicide, occupation and the risk of suicide: a national study over 12 years of coronial data.

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Abstract
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Availability of lethal means is a significant risk factor for suicide. This study investigated whether occupations with greater access to lethal means had higher suicide rates than those without access, and further, whether this relationship differed for females versus males.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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BMC psychiatry
Volume
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17
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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125
Date Published
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2017
URL
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https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-017-1288-0
DOI
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10.1186/s12888-017-1288-0
Short Title
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BMC Psychiatry
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