Suicide among Guaraní Kaiowá and Nandeva youth in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-207

  Coloma, Carlos ^a   Hoffman, Joan Serra ^b   Crosby, Alexander ^b  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brazil; Guaran (Kaiow and Nandeva); Indigenous; Suicide; Violence; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33645779779     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110600662505     Document Type: Article

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