Changes in classification of suicide in England and Wales: Time trends and associations with coroners' professional backgrounds

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 467-472

  Neeleman, Jan ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTRATION; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 0030937948     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004631     Document Type: Article

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