Suicide among immigrants in Europe - A systematic literature review

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-71

  Spallek, Jacob ^a   Reeske, Anna ^a   Norredam, Marie ^b   Nielsen, Signe Smith ^b   Lehnhardt, Jessica ^a   Razum, Oliver ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84922463443     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku121     Document Type: Review

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