Review of completed suicides in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1999 to 2004

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 676-682

  Patterson, Raymond F ^a,b,d   Hughes, Kerry ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRISON; PRISONER; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749128042     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.6.676     Document Type: Review

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