Suicide in india, 1995-1999

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Girdhar, Shalina ^a   Dogra, T D ^a   Leenaars, Antoon A ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Suicide; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242287274     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713848938     Document Type: Article

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