Time-trends in method-specific suicide rates compared with the availability of specific compounds. The Danish experience

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Nordentoft, Merete ^a   Qin, Ping ^b   Helweg Larsen, Karin ^c   Juel, Knud ^c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetaminophon; Epidemiology; Overdose; Poisoning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMERCE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; POISONING; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SUICIDE;

EID: 33646081284     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480600600169     Document Type: Article

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