Variation of homicidal and suicidal behaviour within Trinidad and Tobago and the associated ecological risk factors

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Hutchinson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 30644481109     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000500009     Document Type: Article

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