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Suicides among Polish seamen and fishermen during work at sea
Kinga Szymańska1, Bogdan Jaremin, Elzbieta Rosik
1Clinic of Occupational and Internal Diseases of the Academic Centre for Maritime and Tropical Medicine of the Medical University of Gdańsk. lek.kinga@wp.pl
Abstract:
Retrospective data on 51 suicides of Polish seamen and fishermen in the years 1960-1999 during work at sea are presented. The impact of age, rank, and the period of service upon the incidence of theses suicides is analysed. Circumstances typical of the marine occupational environment, sources of stress and individual susceptibility related to the act of self destruction are discussed. Attention is devoted to suicide risk indicators and possible prevention measures to be taken among seafarers.
