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Australia Revises its Mortality Data on Suicide

2010; Hogrefe Verlag; Volume: 31; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1027/0227-5910/a000043

2151-2396

Diego De Leo,

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

EditorialAustralia Revises its Mortality Data on SuicideDiego De Leo, Editor-in-ChiefDiego De Leo, Editor-in-Chief Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:March 03, 2015https://doi.org/10.1027/0027-5910/a000043PDFView Full Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit SectionsMoreReferences Andriessen, K. (2006). Do we need to be cautious in evaluating suicide statistics? European Journal of Public Health, 16, 445–447. First citation in articleCrossref Medline, Google Scholar Australian Bureau of Statistics . (2006). Causes of death, Australia, 2004. Cautionary notes. Cat. 3309.0. Canberra: ABS. First citation in articleGoogle Scholar Australian Bureau of Statistics . (2007). Information paper: External causes of death, data quality, 2005. Cat. 3317.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS. 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