title: Restricting the availability of guns as a strategy for preventing suicide.
abstract: The author examines recent official data from Australia to "suggest that the extent of gun ownership is related to the suicide rate by guns and to the overall suicide rate.  The implications for suicide prevention are noted."
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D009026:Mortality; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013405:Suicide
keywords: Australia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Mortality; Oceania; Population; Population Dynamics; Suicide