TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - A study on stressful life events and farmers suicide
JO  - Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology
A1  - Thakuria, Pradip Kumar
A1  - Mazumder, Arpan
SP  - 70
EP  - 70
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - Suicide is a fatal act which represents the individuals wish to die. The latin word suicide denotes "self murder". India is an agrarian country with around 60% of its population depends directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Farmer suicide account for 11.2% of all suicides in India. Activists and scholars have cited a number of conflicting reasons for farmer suicide; such as high debt burdens, genetically modified crops, government policies etc. The current study aims at understanding the various stressful life events that lead to suicide of the farmers in Kamrup district, Assam.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0973-9122
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00014.7
ID  - ref1
ER  -