Parasuicide in the county of Sor-Trondelag, Norway: General epidemiololy and psychological factors

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 272-283

  Hjelmeland, H ^a   Bjerke, T ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OFFENDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VICTIM; AGED; AUTOMUTILATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0029661504     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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