Suicide in Greece 1980-1995: Patterns and social factors

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 471-476

  Zacharakis, C A ^a   Madianos, M G ^b   Papadimitriou, G N ^b   Stefanis, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031757222     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050081     Document Type: Article

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