Suicide rates in young men in England and Wales in the 21st century: Time trend study

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7643, 2008, Pages 539-542

  Biddle, Lucy ^a   Brock, Anita ^b   Brookes, Sara T ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DIVORCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 40949148217     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39475.603935.25     Document Type: Article

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