Changes in rates, methods and characteristics of suicide attempters over a 15-year period: Comparison between Stockholm, Sweden, and Würzburg, Germany

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1103-1114

  Bogdanovica, Ilze ^a,b   Jiang, Guo Xin ^b   Löhr, Cordula ^c   Schmidtke, Armin ^c   Mittendorfer Rutz, Ellenor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Methods; Rates; Socio economic; Suicide attempt; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955163019     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0282-3     Document Type: Review

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