Epidemiological study of suicide in the Republic of Croatia - Comparison of war and post-war periods and areas directly and indirectly affected by war

European Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 259-264

  Grubiši Ili, Mirjana ^a   Kozari Kovači, Dragica ^b   Grubiši, Frane ^c,e   Kovači, Zrnka ^d  

^a Police Academy   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^e NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Croatia epidemiology; Suicide epidemiology; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROATIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; WAR;

EID: 0036749173     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(02)00679-x     Document Type: Article

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