Suicides by country of birth groupings in England and Wales: Age-associated trends and standardised mortality ratios

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-206

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Lindesay, James ^c   Dennis, Mick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age associated trends; Ethnicity; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 79952281328     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0188-0     Document Type: Article

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