The suicide beliefs of Jews and Protestants in the UK: How do they differ?

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-181

  Loewenthal, Kate M ^a,b   MacLeod, Andrew K ^a   Cook, Susan ^a   Lee, Michelle ^a   Goldblatt, Vivienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JUDAISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0642272548     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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