Addressing the surveillance goal in the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: The Department of Defense Suicide Event Report

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Gahm, Gregory A ^a   Reger, Mark A ^a   Kinn, Julie T ^a   Luxton, David D ^a   Skopp, Nancy A ^a   Bush, Nigel E ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology T2   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857271399     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300574     Document Type: Review

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