Blood groups among attempted and completed suicides

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-60

  Zonda, Tamás ^a   Csiszér, Nóra ^b   Lester, David ^c  

^a Jahn Ferenc Korhaz   (Hungary)

^b Erzsebet Hospital   (Hungary)

^c CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Bipolar affective disorder; Blood type; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0032978638     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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