Suicide in the Northern Territory, 1981-2002

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 315-319

  Measey, Mary Anne L ^a   Li, Shu Qin ^a   Parker, Robert ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^b  

^a NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE;

EID: 33749468902     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00585.x     Document Type: Article

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