Household survey of suicidal behaviour in a coastal village of Sundarban Region, India

International Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-282

  Chowdhury, Arabinda N ^a   Banerjee, Sohini ^a   Das, Sukanta ^a   Sarkar, Piyali ^a   Chatterjee, Diptendu ^a   Mondal, Arunima ^a   Biswas, Mrinal Kanti ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Community psychosocial intervention; DSH; Farmers training; Household survey; Pesticide; Suicidal behaviour; Suicide; Sundarban

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 30044432634     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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