Suicide among psychiatric in-patients with schizophrenia in an Australian mental hospital

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-259

  Shah, Ajlt ^a   Ganesvaran, Thirunavakarasu ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Peter James Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033159489     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249903900311     Document Type: Article

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