Suicide mortality among immigrant Finnish Swedes

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-106

  Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^b  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Finland; Migration; Suicide; Suicide rate; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038367503     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110301574     Document Type: Article

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