Societal Integration and Age-Standardized Suicide Rates in 21 Developed Countries, 1955-1989

Social Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-127

  Fernquist, Robert M ^a   Cutright, Phillips ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDE; VITAL STATISTICS;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDE; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0031610443     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.1998.0615     Document Type: Article

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