Application of commercial software to the classification of suicide cases: A brief report

Violence and Victims

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-540

  Rezaeian, Mohsen ^a   Dunn, Graham ^b   St Leger, Selwyn ^a   Appleby, Louis ^b  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mosaic Profiler; Postcode; Spatial epidemiology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051636855     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.4.533     Document Type: Article

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