A community survey on the prevalence of suicidal attempts and deaths in a selected rural area of Bangladesh

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-9

  Feroz, A H M ^a   Nurul Islam, S M ^a   Reza, Selim ^a   Mujibur Rahman, A K M ^a   Sen, Jawaharlal ^a   Mowla, Mogni ^a   Rahman, Ridwanur ^a  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community; Rural area; Suicidal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84858315058     PISSN: 19979797     EISSN: 20755384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jom.v13i1.10042     Document Type: Article

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