Characteristics of and trends in subgroups of prisoner suicides in England and Wales

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2275-2285

  Humber, N ^a   Piper, M ^b   Appleby, L ^a   Shaw, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characteristics; prison; prisoners; suicide; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054949834     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000705     Document Type: Article

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