Suicide research and adolescent suicide trends in New Zealand

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 287-302

  Shahtahmasebi, Said ^a  

^a Good Life Research Centre Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health informatics; Holistic; Life events; New zealand; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DYNAMICS; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; SUICIDE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 42249104218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.46     Document Type: Review

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