Alcohol and suicide in Belarus

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-296

  Razvodovsky, Yury E ^a  

^a GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

ARIMA time series analysis; Belarus, 1979 2007; Fatal alcohol poisoning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BELARUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF BELARUS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 70350306618     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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