The socio-demographic profile of hanging suicides in ireland from 1980 to 2005

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 374-377

  Sarma, Kiran ^a   Kola, Susie ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hanging; Ireland; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HANGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; ASPHYXIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HISTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ASPHYXIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957788931     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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