Titre :
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Minimum-age drinking laws and youth suicide, 1970-1990. (1999)
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Auteurs :
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J. BIRCKMAYER ;
D. HEMENWAY ;
Department of Health Policy and Management. School of Public Health. Harvard University. Boston. MA. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 9, 1999)
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Pagination :
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1365-1368
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Age
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Boisson alcoolisée
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Suicide
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Adolescent
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Homme
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Jeune adulte
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Accident circulation
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Epidémiologie
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Politique santé
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 18e2XR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study examined the association between the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) and suicides among youths aged 18 to 20 years. Methods. The study used pooled cross-sectional time-series data on youth suicide and the MLDA for the 48 contiguous states in the United States from 1970 to 1990. Poisson regression was used to estimate the association between MLDA and youth suicide. Results. A significant association exists between MLDA and youth suicide. Between 1970 and 1990, the suicide rate of 18-to 20-year-old youths living in states with an 18-year MLDA was 8% higher than the suicide rate among 18-to 20-year-old youths in states with a 21-year MLDA (P<. conclusions. mlda is associated not only with the motor-vehicle death rate among youths but also of youth suicide. we estimate that lowering drinking age from to years in all states could increase number suicides population by approximately each year.>
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