Unemployment and suicidal behaviour: A review of the literature

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 93-115

  Platt, Stephen ^a  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0021143958     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(84)90276-4     Document Type: Article

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