The sociocultural contexts of attempting suicide among women in Iran

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 771-783

  Keyvanara, Mahmoud ^a   Haghshenas, Abbas ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNALISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955113585     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.487962     Document Type: Article

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