Suicide in the elderly 60 years of age and over in the south-east part of Serbia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Petrovic, B ^a,b   Kocic, B ^a   Basic S ^a   Jovanovic, J ^c   Jovic, S ^b   Arandelovic, M ^c   Tasic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b University Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^c Institute for Occupational Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Elderly; South eastern Serbia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DROWNING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FIREARM; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HANGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 1542678673     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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