Female suicides and alcohol consumption during perestroika in the former USSR

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL.S394, 1998, Pages 26-33

  Wasserrnan, D ^a   Varnik, A ^b   Eklund, G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b Estonian Swedish Inst Suicidology   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Age groups; Epidemiology; Peresfroika; Perestroika USSR; suicide; USSR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BALTIC STATES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; USSR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032247550     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10762.x     Document Type: Article

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