Suicide in Batman, Southeastern Turkey

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 478-482

  Altindag, Abdurrahman ^a,c   Ozkan, Mustafa ^b   Oto, Remzi ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; TURKEY;

EID: 23944436391     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.478     Document Type: Article

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