Rates and factors associated with suicide in Kaniyambadi Block, Tamil Nadu, South India, 2000-2002

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-71

  Prasad, Jasmine ^a   Abraham, V J ^a   Minz, S ^a   Abraham, S ^a   Joseph, A ^a   Muliyil, J P ^a   George, K ^a   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HANGING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOPSY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 31844440017     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006061253     Document Type: Article

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