Child, adolescent and youth suicide and undetermined deaths in England and Wales compared with Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USA for the 1974-1999 period

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-253

  Pritchard, Colin ^a,b   Hansen, Lars ^a,b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent suicide; Child suicide; England and Wales; Hidden suicide; Psychiatry; Public health; Youth suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 26444614749     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2005.17.3.239     Document Type: Article

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