Suicides associated with the Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Quebec 1988-1993: Descriptive analysis and intervention proposal

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 377-380

  Prévost, Claude ^a,b   Julien, Marie ^a   Brown, Bruce P ^a  

^a Regie Regionale S Serv Social M   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SUICIDE; VERBALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030453202     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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