Suicide risk in relation to socioeconomic, demographic, psychiatric, and familial factors: A national register-based study of all suicides in Denmark, 1981-1997

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 765-772

  Qin, Ping ^a   Agerbo, Esben ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; DENMARK; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037797428     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.4.765     Document Type: Article

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