Suicide surveillance in the U.S. military - Reporting and classification biases in rate calculations

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-241

  Carr, Joel R ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^a   Gardner, John ^b   Potter, Robert ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Off Assistant Sec Def Hlth Aff   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARMY; ASPHYXIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROWNING; FALLING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044229318     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.34.3.233.42785     Document Type: Review

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