Decreases in suicide deaths and attempts linked to the white mountain apache suicide surveillance and prevention system, 2001-2012

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2183-2189

  Cwik, Mary F ^a   Tingey, Lauren ^a   Maschino, Alexandra ^a   Goklish, Novalene ^a   Larzelere Hinton, Francene ^a   Walkup, John ^b   Barlow, Allison ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARIZONA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995685006     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303453     Document Type: Article

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