Some critical methodological issues in secondary analysis of world health organization data on elderly suicide rates

Background: Suicides may be misclassified as accidental deaths in countries with strict legal definitions of suicide, with cultural and religious factors leading to poor registration of suicide and stigma attached to suicide. Methods: The concordance between four different definitions of suicides wa...

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Main Author: Ajit Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 2009-07-01
Series:Journal of Injury and Violence Research
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Online Access:http://jivresearch.org/jivr/index.php/jivr/article/view/40/36