Suicidal behavior among immigrants

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1133-1141

  Mirsky, Julia ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b   Dolberg, Pnina ^a   Levav, Itzhak ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Former soviet union; Immigrants; Israel; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955161839     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0280-5     Document Type: Review

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