Police suicide in small departments: A comparative analysis

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-162

  Violanti, John M ^a   Mnatsakanova, Anna ^b   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^b   Hartley, Tara A ^b   Andrew, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational size; Police; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84878439744     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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