Suicide Kills More Than 10,000 People Every Year in Bangladesh

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-396

  Mashreky, Saidur Rahman ^a   Rahman, Fazlur ^a   Rahman, Aminur ^a  

^a Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; developing countries; epidemiology; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887914475     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.801809     Document Type: Article

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