Removing bridge barriers stimulates suicides: An unfortunate natural experiment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-497

  Beautrais, Annette L ^a   Gibb, Sheree J ^a   Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a   Larkin, Gregory Luke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge barriers; Jumping; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JUMPING; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SAFETY; SUICIDE;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; SAFETY; SUICIDE;

EID: 68049115673     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902873714     Document Type: Article

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