A Reassessment of Suicide Measurement: Some Comparative PYLL-Based Trends in Queensland, Australia, 1920-2005

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Doessel, D P ^a   Williams, Ruth F G ^a,b   Whiteford, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Potential years of life lost; PYLL; Queensland; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SUICIDE;

EID: 62549112635     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.1.6     Document Type: Article

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