Do we need to be cautious in evaluating suicide statistics? [1]

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-

  Andriessen, Karl ^a  

^a Suicide Prevention Project   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CULTURAL VALUE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REGISTER; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; VALIDITY;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPE; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748174583     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl056     Document Type: Letter

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