Suicide trends in South Africa, 1968 - 90

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 411-418

  Flisher, Alan J ^a   Liang, Holan ^a   Laubscher, Ria ^b   Lombard, Carl F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

longitudinal studies; South Africa; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE;

EID: 12544250969     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410029469     Document Type: Article

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