Suicide and undetermined death by drowning

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-115

  Salib, Emad ^a,b   Agnew, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hollins Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drowning; Drowning suicide; Suicide; Trends in drowning; Undetermined drowning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DROWNING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 21044440853     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500510018257     Document Type: Article

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