The effect of restricting access to lethal methods for suicide: a study of suicide by domestic gas in Japan.
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.
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Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.
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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
D000473:Alkanes; D003031:Coal; C004544:naphtha