Gunshot suicides in England: A multicentre study based on coroners' records

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 324-328

  Sutton, Lesley ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a   Simkin, Sue ^a   Turnbull, Pauline ^b   Kapur, Navneet ^b   Bennewith, Olive ^c   Gunnell, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coroners' records; Firearms; Gunshot; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SPORT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DOCUMENTATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 27644463949     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0889-y     Document Type: Article

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