Suicide in the world

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 760-771

  Värnik, Peeter ^a,b  

^a Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Mortality; Suicide; WHO

Indexed keywords

INJURY; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DENMARK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; JAPAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; HUNGARY; INDIA; JAPAN; LITHUANIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84859060799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9030760     Document Type: Article

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