Suicide in the Northern Territory, 2001-2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1126-1130

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Fujiyama, Hakuei ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hanging; Indigenous health; Remote health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 72749116410     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903279861     Document Type: Article

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