Objective The authors assessed the prevalence of gun availability for elderly patients to determine whether gun availability is related to the presence of suicidal or depressive symptoms. Methods This is a cross-sectional epidemiologic survey of firearm availability...
A case-control study of 149 intentionally self-inflicted gun injury cases (including completed gun suicides) and 302 population-based controls was conducted from 2003 to 2006 in a major US city. Two focal independent variables, acute alcohol consumption and alcohol...
Objectives We investigated the possible relationship between being shot in an assault and possession of a gun at the time. Methods We enrolled 677 case participants that had been shot in an assault and 684 population-based control participants within Philadelphia, PA,...
