Tedium vitae, death wishes, suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya-prevalence and risk factors Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Othieno, Caleb ^b   Omollo, Ray ^c   Ongeri, Linnet ^c   Sifuna, Peter ^d   Ongecha, Michael ^c   Mboroki, James Kingora ^c   Kiima, David ^e   Ogutu, Bernhards ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Kombewa Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Medical Services   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KENYA; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84938590238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2089-3     Document Type: Article

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