Impulsive but fatal self-poisoning with pesticides among south asians in Nickerie, Suriname an exploratory autopsy study

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-105

  Van Spijker, B A J ^a   Graafsma, T ^b   Dullaart, H I A ^c   Kerkhof, A J F M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Medical Psychology   (Suriname)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pesticides; South asians; Suicide; Suriname

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURINAME;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; PESTICIDES; POISONING; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURINAME;

EID: 67649361945     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.2.102     Document Type: Article

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