Gender distribution of suicide attempts among immigrant groups in European countries - An international perspective

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-284

  Bursztein Lipsicas, Cendrine ^a   Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik ^b   Wasserman, Danuta ^a   Apter, Alan ^c   Kerkhof, Ad ^d   Michel, Konrad ^e   Salander Renberg, Ellinor ^f   Van Heeringen, Kees ^g   Värnik, Airi ^h   Schmidtke, Armin ⁱ  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84875983038     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks029     Document Type: Article

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