The incidence and repetition of attempted suicide in Ireland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Corcoran, Paul ^a   Keeley, Helen S ^b   O'Sullivan, Mary ^c   Perry, Ivan J ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^b Child/Adolesc Psychiatric Serv   (Ireland)

^c St Camillus' Hospital   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Incidence; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 1942445076     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.1.19     Document Type: Article

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