Demographic and social correlates of suicide in the Czech Republic

Sociologicky Casopis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-571

  Dzúrová, Dagmar ^a   Ruzicka, Lado ^b   Dragomirecká, Eva ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age; Difference; Gender; Marital status; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748792599     PISSN: 00380288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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