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Estimation of Suicidal Behavior in Representative Epidemiologic Studies

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Current Issues of Suicidology

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There is no single, “true” approach for the estimation of the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behavior. In this respect, empirical suicide research does not differ from other psychosocially related epidemiologic research such as drug, tobacco, alcohol, or psychiatric disease research.

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Korczak, D. (1988). Estimation of Suicidal Behavior in Representative Epidemiologic Studies. In: Möller, HJ., Schmidtke, A., Welz, R. (eds) Current Issues of Suicidology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73358-1_3

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