Can suicides be identified from case records? A case control study using blind rating

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-269

  Fahy, Thomas J ^a   Mannion, Laura ^a   Leonard, Maeve ^a   Prescott, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind rating; Case control; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544371500     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110490436918     Document Type: Article

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