Indigenous suicide in New Zealand

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-168

  Beautrais, Annette L ^a   Fergusson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Indigenous; M ori; New Zealand; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33645782564     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110600556913     Document Type: Review

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