The influence of marital status on epidemiological characteristics of suicides in the southeastern part of Serbia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Petrović, Branislav ^a   Kocić, Biljana ^a   Nikić, Dragana ^a   Nikolić, Maja ^a   Bogdanović, Dragan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Public Health Institute Ni   (Serbia)

^c Institut za Javno Zdravlje Ni   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Firearms; Hanging; Marital status; Poisoning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649092186     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3493     Document Type: Article

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