Suicide among physicians in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, across one decade

Objective:To describe mortality by suicide among physicians in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, between 2000 and 2009.Methods:Secondary analysis of government mortality data. The variable of interest was “underlying cause of death”, specifically deaths classified by the ICD-10 as intentional self-har...

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Main Authors: Hamer N. Palhares-Alves, Daniel M. Palhares, Ronaldo Laranjeira, Luiz A. Nogueira-Martins, Zila M. Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2015-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462015000200146&lng=en&tlng=en