Declining rates of suicidal behavior among general practice patients in Belgium: Results from sentinel surveillance between 1993 and 2008

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-74

  Boffin, Nicole ^a   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^a   Vanthomme, Katrien ^a   Van Casteren, Viviane ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Family practice; Sentinel surveillance; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; BELGIUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79551621760     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2011.540476     Document Type: Article

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