Suicide rates in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Association with socioeconomic, cultural, and agricultural factors;Taxas de suicídio no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: Associação com fatores sócio-econômicos, culturais e agrários

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2611-2621

  Faria, Neice Müller Xavier ^a   Victora, Cesar Gomes ^a   Meneghel, Stela Nazareth ^b   De Carvalho, Lenine Alves ^c   Falk, João Werner ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Educational status; Mortality rate; Religion; Rural population; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751572920     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2006001200011     Document Type: Article

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