Patterns of suicidal behaviour in a metro subway system: A study of 306 cases injured by the Munich subway, 1980-1999

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-295

  Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a   Baumert, Jens J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural patterns; Gender differences; Subway suicides

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; REGISTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAILROADS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4143107045     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.3.291     Document Type: Article

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