Factors influencing coroners' verdicts: An analysis of verdicts given in 12 coroners' districts to researcher-defined suicides in England in 2005

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-165

  Palmer, Bret S ^a   Bennewith, Olive ^a   Simkin, Sue ^b   Cooper, Jayne ^c   Hawton, Keith ^b   Kapur, Nav ^c   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cause of death; classification methods; coroner's verdicts; mortality; risk factors; suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924404197     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu024     Document Type: Article

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