Suicidal behavior in Black South Africans

Crisis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-28

  Schlebusch, Lourens ^a,b   Vawda, Naseema B M ^a   Bosch, Brenda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Blacks; South Africa; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0038148067     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//0227-5910.24.1.24     Document Type: Article

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