Suicide deaths and nonfatal hospital admissions for deliberate self-harm in the United States

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Miller, Ted R ^a   Debra Furr Holden, C ^b   Lawrence, Bruce A ^a   Weiss, Harold B ^c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multinominal logistic regression; Seasonality; Self harm; Temporality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERIODICITY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84866504106     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000126     Document Type: Article

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