Effect of 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA on suicide in areas surrounding the crash sites

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-364

  Claassen, Cynthia A ^a,b   Carmody, Thomas ^c   Stewart, Sunita M ^d   Bossarte, Robert M ^b,e   Larkin, Gregory L ^f   Woodward, Wayne A ^g   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^d  

^a VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

HUMANS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77951702706     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.071928     Document Type: Article

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