Association of socio-economic position and suicide/attempted suicide in low and middle income countries in South and South-East Asia - A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Knipe, Duleeka W ^a,b   Carroll, Robert ^a   Thomas, Kyla H ^a   Pease, Anna ^a   Gunnell, David ^a,b   Metcalfe, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Asia; Attempted suicide; Low and middle income; Socioeconomic position; Suicide; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84944414244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2301-5     Document Type: Review

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