Suicide trends in eight predominantly English-speaking countries 1960-1989

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 364-373

  Cantor, C H ^a   Leenaars, A A ^b   Lester, D ^c   Slater, P J ^d   Wolanowski, A M ^b,e   O'Toole, B ^f  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Stockton State College ^*  (France)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Epidemiol and Hlth Info Branch   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; ONSET AGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029853960     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00783426     Document Type: Article

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