Abstract

Suicide Epidemiology Before and During the war in Croatia

Skorupan C~~Petrovecki V~~Skavic J

Year: 1997 Source: Croatian Medical Journal, v.38, no.1, (March 1997), p.59-63 SIEC No: 20040446

The authors investigated the incidence of suicide & its distribution according to age, sex & method in the Zagreb area before & during the war in Croatia, based on an analysis of autopsy records at the Department of Forensic Medicine & Crimology on suicides committed during the five-year peace period (1986-1990), & the five-year war period (1991-1995). Differences in the gender of victims & the methods employed during these periods are discussed. (26 refs)