Surveillance of Suicide and Suicide Attempts among Veterans: Addressing a National Imperative

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Kemp, Janet ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857311298     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300652     Document Type: Editorial

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