Suicide: A 15-year review of the sociological literature. Part I: Cultural and economic factors

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-162

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; LITERATURE; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0034047018     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2000.tb01073.x     Document Type: Review

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