Why women attempt suicide: The role of mental illness and social disadvantage in a community cohort study in India

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 817-822

  Maselko, J ^a   Patel, V ^b,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Sangath Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPPORT GROUP; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50149112826     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.069351     Document Type: Article

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