Suicides in urban and rural counties in the United States, 2006-2008

Crisis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-26

  Searles, Veronica B ^a   Valley, Morgan A ^a,b   Hedegaard, Holly ^c   Betz, Marian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mental health; NVDRS; Rural; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893181133     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000224     Document Type: Article

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