Trends in suicide case fatality in Italy, 1983-2007

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 196, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Preti, Antonio ^a  

^a Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Epidemiology; Mortality data; Prevention; Suicide; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84861461731     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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