Factors associated with failed and completed railway suicides

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Erazo, N ^a   Baumert, J J ^a,b   Ladwig, K H ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Epidemiology GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Completers; Railway suicide; Suicide attempts; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RAILROADS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 24644488669     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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