National suicide rates 1961-2003: Further analysis of nordic data for suicide, autopsies and ill-defined death rates

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Reseland, Svein ^a   Le Noury, Joanna ^a   Aldred, Graham ^a   Healy, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Autopsies; Ill defined deaths; Suicides

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG UTILIZATION; FINLAND; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SCANDINAVIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 38649092423     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112884     Document Type: Article

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