Suicide by jumping

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Gunnell, D ^a,b   Nowers, M ^a  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jumping; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030765688     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09897.x     Document Type: Review

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