National context, social change, and sex differences in suicide rates

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 744-758

  Pampel, Fred C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 0031773846     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657337     Document Type: Article

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