Youth suicide in an international context

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-291

  Madge, Nicola ^a  

^a National Children's Bureau   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental death; Death of undetermined cause; International comparative; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033372031     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050103     Document Type: Article

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