title: The effect of restricting access to lethal methods for suicide: a study of suicide by domestic gas in Japan.
abstract: Data from Japan from 1969 to 1982 indicated that, as domestic gas was detoxified, its use for suicide declined. In addition, there was no evidence that would-be suicides switched to alternative methods for suicide. The results were interpreted as support for a recent suggestion that preventing access to lethal methods for suicide may prevent suicide.
authors: Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.
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authors: Lester
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authors: Abe
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000506:poisoning; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control; D003031:Coal; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005739:Gas Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000639:trends; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D003031:Coal; C004544:naphtha