Gender and suicide in india: A multiperspective approach

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-61

  Tousignant, Michel ^a   Seshadri, Shekhar ^b   Raj, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SYMBOLISM;

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; SINGLE PERSON; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0031979189     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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