Suicide in young men

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9834, 2012, Pages 2383-2392

  Pitman, Alexandra ^a   Krysinska, Karolina ^b   Osborn, David ^a   King, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PESTICIDE;

ASIA; FIREARM; HANGING; HIGH INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIAN; LETHALITY; LOW INCOME GROUP; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84862626995     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60731-4     Document Type: Review

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