Suicide among immigrants in Europe--a systematic literature review.

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Concerns about increased suicide risk among immigrants to European countries have been raised. We review the scientific literature on differences in suicide among immigrants compared with the majority populations in Europe's major immigration countries.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Public Health

Title: European journal of public health

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1464-360X

ISSN (Print): 1101-1262

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2015

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

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[1 ] 1 Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany jacob.spallek@uni-bielefeld.de.

[2 ] 1 Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.

[3 ] 2 Department of Public Health, Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health, Section for Health Services Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Publisher Item ID: cku121

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku121

PubMed ID: 25096258

SO-VID: 60a90bac-9466-432c-b04a-75f24ad8b02c

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