Teenage suicide cluster formation and contagion: Implications for primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Johansson, Lars ^a   Lindqvist, Per ^b   Eriksson, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VALIDITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; PARENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745865584     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-32     Document Type: Article

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