Physician Suicide

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Austin, Amy E ^a,b   Van den Heuvel, Corinna ^a   Byard, Roger W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Depression; Forensic science; Medical Board; Pathology; Physician; Substance abuse; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CANNABINOIDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84872279995     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02260.x     Document Type: Article

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