Psychological autopsy study of suicide in three rural and semi-rural districts of Sri Lanka

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-285

  Abeyasinghe, Ranil ^a   Gunnell, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Sri Lanka; Suicide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF POISONING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

EID: 41549133473     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0307-3     Document Type: Article

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