Identifying Probable Suicide Clusters in Wales Using National Mortality Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Jones, Phillip ^a   Gunnell, David ^b   Platt, Stephen ^c   Scourfield, Jonathan ^d   Lloyd, Keith ^a   Huxley, Peter ^a   John, Ann ^a   Kamran, Babar ^a   Wells, Claudia ^e   Dennis, Michael ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883140747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071713     Document Type: Article

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