Suicide in Israel: crossnational comparisons.
A comparison of rates of completed suicide is made among different national and religious groups in Israel. Rates are higher for Jews than for Arabs. Psychological and sociocultural hypotheses are used to attempt to explain these findings.
Levav
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Department of Social Medicine, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Public Health, Jerusalem, Israel.
Aisenberg
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology