The rise and fall of suicide in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-

  Large, Matthew M ^a,b   Nielssen, Olav B ^a,b   Lackersteen, Steven M ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 63049088106     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02398.x     Document Type: Letter

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