Trends in adolescent suicide mortality in the WHO European Region

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-331

  Mittendorfer Rutz, Ellenor ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^a  

^a NASP   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Europe; Suicide; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 6344275646     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-004-0406-y     Document Type: Article

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