Analysis of the cost effectiveness of a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge

Crisis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-106

  Whitmer, Dayna Atkins ^a   Woods, David Lauren ^a  

^a VA NCHCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Lethality; San Francisco; Suicide prevention; VSL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SAN FRANCISCO; SUICIDE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84874893877     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000179     Document Type: Article

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