Suicide in Australia: Meta-analysis of rates and methods of suicide between 1988 and 2007

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 432-437

  Large, M M ^a,b   Nielssen, Olav B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DROWNING; FEMALE; GAS; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JUMPING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE;

EID: 77952353992     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03580.x     Document Type: Article

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