Suicide among New York city police officers, 1977-1996

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2069-2071

  Marzuk, Peter M ^a,b   Nock, Matthew K ^a   Leon, Andrew C ^a   Portera, Laura ^a   Tardiff, Kenneth ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POLICE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036896986     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2069     Document Type: Article

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