Suicide in urban New South Wales, Australia 1985-1994: Socio-economic and migrant interactions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1677-1686

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^a   Slaytor, Emma ^a   Ford, Paul ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Migrants; Socio economic; Status; Suicide

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POLICY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031787551     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00243-3     Document Type: Article

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