A cross-cultural breakdown of Swedish suicide

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-116

  Ferrada Noli, M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Migration; Refugees; Social psychiatry; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030873240     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09914.x     Document Type: Article

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