Resumen de Changing Times: A Longitudinal Analysis of International Firearm Suicide Data.

Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Erika Gadola, Christoph Lauber, Wulf Rössler, Matthias Bopp, Felix Gutzwiller, Martin Killias, Urs Hepp, Ulrich Schnyder

• We investigated changes in the proportion of firearm suicides in Western countries since the 1980s and the relation of these changes to the change in the proportion of households owning firearms. Several countries had an obvious decline in firearm suicides: Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data confirmed the effect of the proportion of households owning firearms. Legislation and regulatory measures reducing the availability of firearms in private households can distinctly strengthen the prevention of firearm suicides. (Am J Public Health. 2006;96:1752-1755. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2005.075812) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)