Sexual Victimization and Completed Suicide Among Danish Female Adults

Violence Against Women

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 552-561

  Gradus, Jaimie L ^a   Qin, Ping ^b   Lincoln, Alisa K ^c   Miller, Matthew ^d   Lawler, Elizabeth ^e   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^f   Lash, Timothy L ^f  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

case control studies; crime; sex offense; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX OFFENSES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84865166971     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212453141     Document Type: Article

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