@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and the war in Croatia",
journal="Forensic science international",
year="2005",
author="Bosnar, Alan and Stemberga, Valter and Coklo, Miran and Koncar, G. Zamolo and Definis-Gojanovic, Marija and Sendula-Jengic, V. and Katic, P.",
volume="147",
number="Suppl",
pages="S13-6",
abstract="Analyzing data from the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IFM) in Rijeka, a total of 853 suicides were recorded in a 15 years period (1986-2000). Quantitative and qualitative features of suicides were analyzed in three intervals: pre-wartime, wartime and post-wartime. In the wartime period (1991-1995), the suicide rate increased by 20.9% in comparison with the pre-war period. In the post-wartime period, the suicide rate dropped by 26.2% in comparison with the war period. The results show a significant increase in suicide rates in the wartime. During the wartime period, a large number of suicide victims under the age of forty increased-45.3% in comparison with the pre-war period and 56.6% in comparison with the post-war period. The use of firearms as a means of committing suicide quadrupled during the war in comparison with the pre-war period. The level of alcohol intoxication of perpetrators at the moment of suicide significantly increased in the wartime period. War had a direct impact on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of suicides in Croatia.",
language="",
issn="0379-0738",
doi="10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.086",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.086"
}