
@article{ref1,
title="The effectiveness of suicide prevention centers",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="1993",
author="Lester, David",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="263-267",
abstract="The presence of suicide prevention centers in a state in 1970 was negatively associated with changes in the suicide rate from 1970 to 1980 in the USA, indicating a preventive effect from suicide prevention centers. This effect, though weak, was consistently found for most demographic subgroups of the population and when a strong social correlate of suicide rates (divorce rates) was taken into account by means of multiple regression analysis.",
language="",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}