Comparison of trends in method-specific suicide rates in Australia and England and Wales, 1968-97

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-157

  Wilkinson, David ^a   Gunnell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GAS POISONING; HANGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 0033994432     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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