Epidemiological profile of suicide in the Santa Catarina Coal Mining Region from 1980 to 2007

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a public health problem worldwide. Estimates have indicated that over 1 million people commit suicide every year all over the world. Brazil has a moderate suicide death rate (4.1 per 100,000 inhabitants), but the fact that it is a large country leads to the coexistence of dive...

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Main Authors: Carolina H. Portella, Gustavo P. Moretti, Ana P. Panatto, Maria I. Rosa, João Quevedo, Priscyla W. T. A. Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2013-01-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892013000200006&lng=en&tlng=en