Suicide in urban and rural regions of Belarus, 1990-2005

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Razvodovsky, Y ^a   Stickley, A ^b  

^a GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Belarus; Rural; Social isolation; Suicide; Urban

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BYELARUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58849094163     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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