Suicide risk among recently released prisoners in New South Wales, Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 387-390

  Kariminia, Azar ^a,b   Law, Matthew G ^a   Butler, Tony G ^c   Levy, Michael H ^d,e   Corben, Simon P ^f   Kaldor, John M ^a   Grant, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Corrections Health Program ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; OFFENDER; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ASPHYXIA; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449113434     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01307.x     Document Type: Article

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