Longitudinal change in youth suicide mortality in Okinawa after World War II: A comparative study with mainland Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 239-242

  Kageyama, Takayuki ^a,c   Naka, Koichi ^b  

^a Ibaraki Inochi no Denwa   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Okinawa; social anxiety; traumatic experience; World War II; youth suicide mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029740173     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

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