The effect of cancer on suicide in ethnic groups with a differential suicide risk

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-115

  Nakash, Ora ^a   Barchana, Micha ^b,c   Liphshitz, Irena ^c   Keinan Boker, Lital ^b,c   Levav, Itzhak ^b,c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876523967     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks045     Document Type: Article

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