Coroners’ verdicts and suicide statistics in England and Wales

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue , 2011, Pages d6030-

  Gunnell, David ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b   Kapur, Nav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 84856398572     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6030     Document Type: Editorial

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