Evaluation of a project to raise community awareness of suicide risk among older men

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-397

  Bartlett, Helen ^a   Travers, Catherine ^a   Cartwright, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Health education; Men; Rural population; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 51849126946     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230701506010     Document Type: Article

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