Male suicide mortality in eastern Finland - urban - rural changes during a 10-year period between 1988 and 1997

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-193

  Pesonen, Tuula M ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^a   Saarinen, Pirjo I ^a   Antikainen, Marja ^a   Lehtonen, Johannes ^a   Karkola, Kari O ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b State Office in Eastern Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

age; economic recession; male; suicide; urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035461963     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290030601     Document Type: Article

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