Suicide in Austrian children and young adolescents aged 14 and younger

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 427-434

  Dervic, Kanita ^a   Friedrich, Elisabeth ^b   Oquendo, Maria A ^c   Voracek, Martin ^d   Friedrich, Max H ^a   Sonneck, Gernot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Children; Methods; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33750013398     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-006-0551-6     Document Type: Article

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