Prison suicide in 12 countries: An ecological study of 861 suicides during 2003-2007

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Fazel, Seena ^a,b   Grann, Martin ^b,c   Kling, Boo ^c   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Prison and Probation Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health services; Prisoners; Prisons; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 79952279856     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0184-4     Document Type: Article

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