A Comparison of Suicides and Undetermined Deaths by Poisoning among Women: An Analysis of the National Violent Death Reporting System

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 190-201

  Huguet, Nathalie ^a   McFarland, Bentson H ^b   Kaplan, Mark S ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

medico legal investigation; National Violent Death Reporting System; poisoning; suicide; undetermined death; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84929708106     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2014.915275     Document Type: Article

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