Epidemiological trends of youth suicide in norway

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-205

  Mehlum, Lars ^a   Hytten, Karsten ^a   Gjertsen, Finn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Suicide; Suicide methods; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032804488     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811119908258329     Document Type: Article

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