Suicide by occupation: Does access to means increase the risk?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Skegg, Keren ^a   Firth, Hilda ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a   Cox, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nurses; Occupation; Physicians; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; DENTIST; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENTISTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES; OCCUPATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951262221     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903487191     Document Type: Article

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