Firearm Access and Suicide: Lethal Means Counseling and Safe Storage Education in a Comprehensive Prevention Strategy

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Editorial

Alexander D McCourt. Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;111(2):185-187.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306059.

¹ Alexander D. McCourt is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

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