Violent deaths among Russian and EU male older adults

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-94

  Innamorati, Marco ^a,b   Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Lester, David ^c   Amore, Mario ^d   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Union; homicide; Russian Federation; Suicide; violent deaths

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; VIOLENT DEATHS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HOMICIDE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUICIDE; VIOLENT DEATHS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; RUSSIA; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84893073424     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012467261     Document Type: Article

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