Epidemiology of suicide in Austria 1990-2000: General decrease, but increased suicide risk for old men

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Etzersdorfer, Elmar ^a,d   Voracek, Martin ^b   Kapusta, Nestor ^c   Sonneck, Gernot ^c  

^a Furtbach Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Furtbach Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austria; Epidemiology; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 17444400458     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-004-0263-1     Document Type: Article

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