Attempted suicide in immigrants from Turkey: A comparison with swiss suicide attempters

Psychopathology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 366-373

  Yilmaz, A Tarik ^a,b   Riecher Rssler, Anita ^b  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Gender; Migration; Partnership; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY;

EID: 84867536194     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337266     Document Type: Article

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