Attempted suicide among swedish-born people and foreign-born migrants

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-55

  Bayard Burfield, Louise ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Träskman Bendz, Lil ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Marital status; Poisson regression; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033005734     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811119908258314     Document Type: Article

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