@article{ref1,
title="Suicide in Fiji: a preliminary study",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1984",
author="Haynes, R. H.",
volume="145",
number="",
pages="433-438",
abstract="A survey of police and medical records in a province of Fiji indicated high rates of suicide for Indian women under 30 and for Indian men over that age, especially amongst families engaged in sugar-cane farming. Indian suicide rates were high during the Indenture period (1879-1920), and are still higher amongst Indians than amongst native Fijians: almost 90% of all suicides are Indian, though this group comprises only 50% of Fiji's total population. Age/sex/ethnic distribution, methods, and precipitating factors of recorded suicides were examined for one province of Vanua Levu during the period 1979-82. The increasing use of toxic herbicides, especially paraquat, as a vehicle for suicide is discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}