Examining Undetermined and Accidental Deaths as Source of ‘Under-Reported-Suicide’ by Age and Sex in Twenty Western Countries

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 365-376

  Pritchard, Colin ^a,b   Hansen, Lars ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Southern Health Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental deaths; Suicide; Undetermined; Unreported

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84925498138     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-014-9810-z     Document Type: Article

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