Lessons from a decade of suicide surveillance in India: Who, why and how?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 983-993

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Bertozzi Villa, Amelia ^b   Kumar, G Anil ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hanging; India; Poisoning; Suicide; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DRUG; PESTICIDE;

AGE; DATA QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; POISONING; SUICIDE; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HANGING; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027690671     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw113     Document Type: Article

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