Toward understanding youth suicide in an Australian rural community

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2355-2365

  Bourke, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Rural community; Youth suicide

Indexed keywords

RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0142186770     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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