Spatial suicide clusters in Australia between 2010 and 2012: A comparison of cluster and non-cluster among young people and adults

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Robinson, Jo ^a   Too, Lay San ^b   Pirkis, Jane ^b   Spittal, Matthew J ^b  

^a THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Indigenous; Scan statistic; Spatial suicide cluster; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; SEX; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998881953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1127-8     Document Type: Article

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