Surname study of suicide in Austria: Differences in regional suicide rates correspond to the genetic structure of the population

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 355-360

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Sonneck, Gernot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Epidemiology; Genetics; Geography; Suicide; Surnames

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34447630777     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0787-2     Document Type: Article

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