Impact of the growing use of narrative verdicts by coroners on geographic variations in suicide: Analysis of coroners' inquest data

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 447-453

  Carroll, R ^a   Hawton, K ^b   Kapur, N ^c   Bennewith, O ^a   Gunnell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; mental health; mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NARRATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 84855458094     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr091     Document Type: Article

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