title: Effect of changing alcohol laws in Iceland on suicide rates.
abstract: After the legalization of strong beer in 1989 in Iceland, the decrease in consumption of spirits was accompanied by a decrease in the suicide rate.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ 08012-5356, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001515:Beer / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000639:trends*