Influence of war on frequency and patterns of homicides and suicides in South Croatia (1991-1993)

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-58

  Gojanović, Marija Definis ^a   Čapkun, Vesna ^a   Smoljanović, Ankica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Homicide; Suicide; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLICE; SUICIDE; WAR;

EID: 0030937357     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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