The geography of self-injury: Spatial patterns in attempted and completed suicide

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3186-3196

  Hempstead, Katherine ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Rural urban; Self injury; Spatial; Suicide; USA

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASPHYXIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; POISONING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646153773     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.038     Document Type: Article

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