Suicide Studies and the Need for Mixed Methods Research

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-249

  Kral, Michael J ^a,b   Links, Paul S ^b   Bergmans, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

methodology; mixed methods; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862325139     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689811423914     Document Type: Article

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