Aircraft-assisted pilot suicides in the United States, 1993-2002

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-161

  Lewis, Russell J ^a   Johnson, Robert D ^a   Whinnery, James E ^a   Forster, Estrella M ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft accident investigation; Aviation assisted suicide; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AGED; AVIATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947617222     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110701247636     Document Type: Article

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