Completed suicide and associated risk factors: A six-year population based survey

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-43

  Poorolajal, Jalal ^a   Rostami, Mehran ^b   Mahjub, Hossein ^a   Esmailnasab, Nader ^c  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Attempted suicide; Incidence; Iran; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMPLOYMENT; IRAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920964532     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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