Suicide in custody: Case-control study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue DEC., 2004, Pages 494-498

  Fruehwald, Stefan ^a,b   Matschnig, Teresa ^b   Koenig, Franz ^a   Bauer, Peter ^a   Frottier, Patrick ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Caritas St Poelten ^*  (Austria)

^c Justizanstalt Wien Mittersteig   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 10444250217     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.6.494     Document Type: Article

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