Characteristics of police officer suicides in the federal Austrian police corps

Crisis

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Kapusta, N D ^a   Voracek, M ^b   Etzersdorfer, E ^c   Niederkrotenthaler, T ^d   Dervic, K ^e   Plener, P L ^f   Schneider, E ^g   Stein, C ^h   Sonneck, G ^d,i  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Furtbach Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^d Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^e UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^g Austrian Ministry of Interior   (Austria)

^h Crisis Intervention Center   (Austria)

ⁱ LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Police officers; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRIA; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 78650248882     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000033     Document Type: Article

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