Preventing suicide by jumping: The effect of a bridge safety fence

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-59

  Pelletier, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Key Bank Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FALLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAINE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33847302906     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.013748     Document Type: Article

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