Female suicide rates in Ghizer, Pakistan

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Khan, Murad M ^c   Ahmed, Aziz ^a   Khan, Sultan R ^b  

^a National Rural Support Program   (Pakistan)

^b Ministry of Women Development   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; SUICIDE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISLAM; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649366689     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.227     Document Type: Article

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