Attempted suicide among iranian population

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 456-466

  Sheikholeslami, Homayoun ^a,b   Kani, Camellia ^a   Ziaee, Amir ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 55749084727     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.4.456     Document Type: Article

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