Suicide and alcohol-related mortality in Hungary in the last two decades

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 252-259

  Kovács, Katalin ^a  

^a Hungarian Central Statistical Office   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alcohol related mortality; Central Eastern Europe; Social anomie; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

EID: 58149180186     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7059-4     Document Type: Article

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