Suicide or undetermined? A national assessment of police suicide death classification

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-94

  Violanti, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Death misclassification; National data; Police; Suicide; Suicide rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649410413     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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