Workplace suicide prevention: A systematic review of published and unpublished activities

Health Promotion International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-37

  Milner, Allison ^a   Page, Kathryn ^b   Spencer Thomas, Sally ^c   Lamotagne, Anthony D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Carson J Spencer Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Job stress; Occupations; Suicide; Workplace suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERNET; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLISHING; SUICIDE; WORKPLACE;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLISHING; SUICIDE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84941888521     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dau085     Document Type: Article

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