ArticleSubstance use & misuse2011
Acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicide.
Article in Substance use & misuse, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Alcohol Consumption and 15 Causes of Fatal Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Alcohol Policies on Suicidal Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Metaanalysis of Mood and Substance Use Disorders in Proximal Risk for Suicide Deaths.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2019Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of acute use of alcohol and the risk of suicide attempt.Psychological medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Alcohol Use and Firearm Violence.Epidemiologic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Impact of Alcohol Intoxication on Mortality and Emergency Department Resource Use in Suicidal Patients.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Assessing Links Between Alcohol Exposure and Firearm Violence: A Scoping Review Update.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Article
- Risk for Suicide and Homicide Peaks at Night: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System, 35 States, 2003-2017.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Firearm-Involved Suicide: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2020.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Association Between Acute Alcohol Use and Firearm-Involved Suicide in the United States.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- The role of firearm and alcohol availability in firearm suicide: A population-based weighted case-control study.Health & place · 2023Article
- Registry Data in Injury Research: Study Designs and Interpretation.Current epidemiology reports · 2022Article
- Causal Inference with Case-Only Studies in Injury Epidemiology Research.Current epidemiology reports · 2022Article
- Firearm injury-a preventable public health issue.The Lancet. Public health · 2022Review
- Psychoactive substances use before suicide: detailed analysis of all cases that occurred in the Brazilian Federal District in a 10-years period.BMC psychiatry · 2022Observational
- Alcohol outlets, drug paraphernalia sales, and neighborhood drug overdose.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Article
- "What Will Happen If I Say Yes?" Perspectives on a Standardized Firearm Access Question Among Adults With Depressive Symptoms.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a Local Ordinance to Prevent Any Underage Purchases in Liquor Stores: The Need for Enforcement.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Alcohol policies, firearm policies, and suicide in the United States: a lagged cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Looking Back and Moving Forward: The Evolution and Potential Opportunities for the Future of Alcohol Outlet Density Measurement.Addiction research & theory · 2021Article
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Abstract
A case-control study of 149 intentionally self-inflicted gun injury cases (including completed gun suicides) and 302 population-based controls was conducted from 2003 to 2006 in a major US city. Two focal independent variables, acute alcohol consumption and alcohol outlet availability, were measured. Conditional logistic regression was adjusted for confounding variables. Gun suicide risk to individuals in areas of high alcohol outlet availability was less than the gun suicide risk they incurred from acute alcohol consumption, especially to excess. This corroborates prior work but also uncovers new information about the relationships between acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicide. Study limitations and implications are discussed.
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