Method of attempted suicide as predictor of subsequent successful suicide: National long term cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7765, 2010, Pages 186-

  Runeson, Bo ^a   Tidemalm, Dag ^a   Dahlin, Marie ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANGING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955103265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3222     Document Type: Article

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