Age and sex suicide rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region based on global burden of disease estimates for 2000

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 953-960

  Rezaeian, M ^a  

^a Rafsanjan Medical School   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34848824305     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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