Assessing legal strains and risk of suicide using archived court data

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 495-506

  Cook, Thomas Bradley ^a   Davis, Mark S ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 84866522229     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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