Alcohol Availability, Alcoholism, and Suicide and Homicide

1 January 1995

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Vol. 21 (1) , 147-150
https://doi.org/10.3109/00952999509095235

Abstract

While alcohol availability, consumption, and abuse were not related to statewide homicide rates in the United States, alcohol consumption, but not availability or abuse, was associated with statewide suicide rates.

Keywords

INJURY PREVENTION
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
SUICIDE PREVENTION
ERGONOMICS
HUMAN FACTORS

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