Suicide in Sri Lanka 1975-2012: Age, period and cohort analysis of police and hospital data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Knipe, Duleeka W ^a,b   Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Fernando, Ravindra ^b,c   Pearson, Melissa ^b,e   Konradsen, Flemming ^b,d   Eddleston, Michael ^b,e   Gunnell, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort effects; Period effects; Pesticide poisoning; Sri Lanka; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84906928888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-839     Document Type: Review

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