Installation of a bridge barrier as a suicide prevention strategy in Montréal, Québec, Canada

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1235-1239

  Perron, Stéphane ^a,b   Burrows, Stephanie ^a   Fournier, Michel ^a   Perron, Paul André ^c   Ouellet, Frédéric ^b  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Bureau du Coroner Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUEBEC; SUICIDE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879026073     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301089     Document Type: Article

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