Suicide terrorists: Are they suicidal?

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-49

  Townsend, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TERRORISM;

EID: 34247375199     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.1.35     Document Type: Review

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