Suicide rates and methods in active duty military personnel, 2005 to 2011

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 167-174

  Anglemyer, Andrew ^a   Miller, Matthew L ^a   Buttrey, Samuel ^a   Whitaker, Lyn ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARINES; NAVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980416324     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-2785     Document Type: Article

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