Suicide prevention through means restriction: Assessing the risk of substitution: A critical review and synthesis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 625-632

  Daigle, Marc S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Displacement; Means; Restriction; Substitution; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASES; HOSPITALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DISPLACEMENT; MEANS; RESTRICTION; SUBSTITUTION; SUICIDE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADDICTION; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 19944392330     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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