Time trends in suicide mortality in Lithuania

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 419-422

  Kalediene, Ramune ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Mortality; Suicide; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TIME;

EID: 0033008534     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb00987.x     Document Type: Article

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