Suicide rates in the world: 1950-2004

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-213

  Liu, Ka Yuet ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS COUNTRY DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67649343195     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.204     Document Type: Article

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