A 10-year ecological study of the methods of suicide used by Brazilian adolescents

• Main Authors: Denisse Claudia Jaen-Varas (Author), Jair J. Mari (Author), Elson Asevedo (Author), Rohan Borschmann (Author), Elton Diniz (Author), Carolina Ziebold (Author), Ary Gadelha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Suicide among adolescents has become a major public health problem worldwide. Our study sought to describe the most commonly used methods of suicide among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil between 2006 and 2015. Complete data were obtained from the Brazilian Health Informatics Depa...