Suicide is preventable but not predictable

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 532-533

  Large, Matthew ^a   Nielssen, Olav ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84874617797     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856212464912     Document Type: Letter

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