Suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1111-1116

  Blaustein, Mel ^a   Fleming, Anne ^b  

^a Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 70349641495     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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