Suicidal behavior in the western pacific region: Characteristics and trends

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-81

  De Leo, Diego ^a,c   Milner, Allison ^a   Xiangdong, Wang ^b  

^a The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

AGING; CULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 63649161323     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.1.72     Document Type: Review

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