The changing global face of suicide

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9834, 2012, Pages 2318-2319

  Phillips, Michael R ^a,b   Cheng, Hui G ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84862620464     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60913-1     Document Type: Note

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