Sex-specific suicide mortality in the South African urban context: The role of age, race, and geographical location

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Burrows, Stephanie ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Vaez, Marjan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; sociodemographic groups; South Africa; suicide methods; suicide mortality; transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34147133322     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600975773     Document Type: Article

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