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Demographic differences in the type of firearm and location of bodily injury in firearm suicide decedents

Allison E. Bonda The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA;b Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Aleksandr T. Karnickc Department of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
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Shelby L. Bandela The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA;b Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Daniel W. Capronc Department of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5066-4644
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Michael D. Anestisa The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA;d School of Public Health, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Pages 948-956 | Published online: 16 Nov 2022

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