Suicide and HIV/AIDS in Transkei, South Africa

Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Meel, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gunshot; Hanging; HIV AIDS; Poisoning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME;

EID: 0141777445     PISSN: 09728074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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