Alcohol and suicide in eastern Europe

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-373

  Landberg, Jonas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Per capita consumption; Suicide mortality rates; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EASTERN EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46649098882     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230802093778     Document Type: Article

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