Suicide in New Zealand I: Time trends and epidemiology

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1175, 2003, Pages

  Beautrais, Annette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXHAUST GAS; FIREARM; HANGING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAORI; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SUICIDE;

EID: 0038452442     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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