Suicide attempts and ideation among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL.S397, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Kebedei, D ^a   Alem, A ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Prevalence; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HANGING; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032608854     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10692.x     Document Type: Article

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