Suicide survey in a London borough: Primary care and public health perspectives

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-391

  Ougrin, Dennis ^a   Banarsee, Reetoo ^b   Dunn Toroosian, Valentine ^c   Majeed, Azeem ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Wembley Centre for Health and Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

primary health care; public health; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052287918     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq094     Document Type: Review

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