Temporal fluctuations in suicide calls to a crisis intervention service

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-423

  Noble, Ronald Eugene Stuart ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEPHONE;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OREGON; PERIODICITY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SEASONS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0030512009     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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