Suicides in Croatia 1993-2001: Regional differences

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Sedić, Biserka ^a   Martinac, Marko ^b   Marčinko, Darko ^b   Lončar, Časlav ^c   Jakovljević, Miro ^b  

^a School of Health Studies   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Climate; Epidemiology; Ethnogenetics; Regionality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0345308553     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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