Identification of suicide risk factors in Medellín, Colombia: A case-control study of psychological autopsy in a developing country

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-308

  Palacio, Carlos ^a   García, Jenny ^a   Diago, Johanna ^a   Zapata, Claudia ^a   Lopez, Gabriel ^b   Ortiz, Juan ^a   Lopez, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Depression; Developing country; Psychological autopsy; Risk factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 34250189929     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110600894223     Document Type: Article

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