Alcohol and other contextual factors of suicide in four aboriginal communities of Quebec, Canada

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Laliberté, Arlene ^a,b   Tousignant, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Alcohol; Characteristics of suicide completers; Psychological autopsy; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77949314191     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.4.215     Document Type: Article

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