Gender differences in suicide attempters in Hungary: Retrospective epidemiological study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 288-293

  Fekete, Sandor ^a   Voros, Viktor ^a   Osvath, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; MEPROBAMATE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSIONER; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 18844440652     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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