Editorial: Does suicide know the points of the compass?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Marusic, A ^a   Petrovic, Ana ^a   Zorko, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 50849142863     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007084255     Document Type: Editorial

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