Jumping from the Westgate Bridge, Melbourne

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-69

  Coman, Michael ^a   Meyer, Alastair D McR ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0342614270     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb139202.x     Document Type: Article

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