Suicide decline in Australia: Where did the cases go?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-69

  Elnour, Amr Abou ^a   Harrison, James ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; ICD 10 code; Mechanism; National Coroners Information System; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 61849131011     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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