Differences between urban and rural suicides

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Isometsa E ^a   Heikkinen, M ^a,b   Henriksson, M ^a   Marttunen, M ^a   Aro, H ^a,b   Lonnqvist J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Depression; Life events; Mental disorders; Personality disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030945415     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09635.x     Document Type: Article

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