Attempted suicide in Europe: Rates, trends and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period 1989-1992. Results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 327-338

  Schmidtke, A ^a,d   Bille Brahe, U ^a   DeLeo, D ^a   Kerkhof, A ^a   Bjerke, T ^c   Crepet, P ^c   Haring, C ^c   Hawton, K ^c   Lonnqvist J ^c   Michel, K ^c   Pommereau, X ^b   Querejeta, I ^b   Phillipe, I ^a   Salander Renberg, E ^c   Temesvary B ^c   Wasserman, D ^c   Fricke, S ^b   Weinacker, B ^b   Sampaio Faria, J G ^b  

^a BOOS Steering Group   (Denmark)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c Regional WHO Office ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

age difference; attempted suicide; epidemiology; parasuicide; sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 8944220234     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10656.x     Document Type: Article

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