Why Has the Continuous Decline in German Suicide Rates Stopped in 2007?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Mergl, Roland ^a   Doganay, Gülcihan ^a   Reschke, Konrad ^a   Rummel Kluge, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; ERROR; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; JOINPOINT REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE RATE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881515537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071589     Document Type: Article

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