The impact of a suicide prevention strategy on reducing the economic cost of suicide in the new south wales construction industry

Crisis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-129

  Doran, Christopher M ^a   Ling, Rod ^b   Gullestrup, Jorgen ^c   Swannell, Sarah ^d   Milner, Allison ^e  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MATES in Construction   (Australia)

^d Mater Hill Psychology Services   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Economic; Mates in Construction; Prevention; Self harm; Suicide; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84971571924     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000362     Document Type: Article

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