Suicide acceptability in African- and white Americans: The role of religion

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-16

  Neeleman, Jan ^a,b   Wessely, Simon ^b   Lewis, Glyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RELIGION; SUICIDE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031932158     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199801000-00003     Document Type: Article

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