Suicide among German federal and state police officers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Schmidtke, A ^a   Fricke, S ^b   Lester, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033071344     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.157     Document Type: Article

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