Gender differentiation in methods of suicide attempts

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Tsirigotis, Konstantinos ^a   Gruszczynski, Wojciech ^b   Tsirigotis, Marta ^c  

^a Department of Psychology   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gender (male female men women); Suicide attempt methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; DRUG ABUSE; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 80051531413     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881887     Document Type: Article

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