Community study of suicidal behaviors and risk factors among Iranian adults

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Shooshtary, Mitra Hakim ^a   Malakouti, Seyed Kazem ^a   Bolhari, Jafar ^a   Nojomi, Marzieh ^b   Poshtmashhadi, Marjan ^a   Amin, Safieh Asgharzadeh ^a   Bertolote, Joś M ^c   Fleischmann, Alexandra ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Iran; Suicide; WHO SUPRE MISS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 40749123027     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110701857475     Document Type: Article

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