The Relationship between Culture and Suicide: AN Analysis of African Americans

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-269

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; culture; suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031782135     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159803500205     Document Type: Article

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