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      Suicide by firearm in Switzerland: who uses the army weapon? Results from the national survey between 2000 and 2010.

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          In comparison with other central European countries, Switzerland has a high prevalence of gun ownership and a high rate of suicide by shooting. After the Army XXI reform in 2003, which reduced personnel from about 400,000 to approximately 200,000, a decline in suicides by firearms and a decline in the total number of suicides was observed in national data spanning the period from 2000 to 2010. It is, however, unclear whether this decline can be linked to the reduced availability of military guns. This study explored whether the decline in suicide by firearms is related to the decline of suicides by army weapons.

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          Journal
          Swiss Med Wkly
          Swiss medical weekly
          EMH Swiss Medical Publishers, Ltd.
          1424-3997
          0036-7672
          September 10 2018
          : 148
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Hospital of Psychiatry Muensingen, Department of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
          [2 ] Hospital of Psychiatry Muensingen, Department of Psychiatry, Switzerland, Hospital of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Switzerland.
          [3 ] Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Association, Department of Infrastructure / Administration / Operations and Research Platforms, Bremerhaven, Germany.
          Article
          Swiss med Wkly. 2018;148:w14646
          10.4414/smw.2018.14646
          30378640
          34e782e8-6cbc-463e-83e1-d720a140e0d0
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