The relation between sexual orientation and suicide attempts in Austria

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1403-1414

  Plöderl, Martin ^a,b   Kralovec, Karl ^a,b   Fartacek, Reinhold ^a,b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Sexual orientation; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BISEXUALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BISEXUALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651084821     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9597-0     Document Type: Article

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