Suicide tourism in Manhattan, New York City, 1990-2004

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 755-765

  Gross, Charles ^a,b   Piper, Tinka Markham ^c   Bucciarelli, Angela ^c   Tardiff, Kenneth ^a   Vlahov, David ^c   Galea, Sandro ^c,d,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access to lethal methods; Long falls; Manhattan; Media; New York; Psychopathology; Suicide; Suicide prevention; Suicide tourism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROWNING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANGING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TOURISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TRAVEL;

EID: 37249049921     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9224-0     Document Type: Article

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