Historical perspectives on suicide and suicide prevention in Sweden

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-284

  Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik ^a   Beskow, Jan ^b   Jansson, Arne ^c   Odén, Birgitta ^d  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Natl/Stockholm CCCSRP   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; History; Homicide; Suicidal murder; Suicide; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036882515     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110214138     Document Type: Article

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