Suicide and general elections in Austria: Do preceding regional suicide rate differentials foreshadow subsequent voting behavior swings?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-266

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Formann, Anton K ^a   Fülöp, Gerhard ^b   Sonneck, Gernot ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Fed Pub Health Institute   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aftermath of suicide; General elections; Social cohesion; Suicide rates; Suicide survivors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AVERAGING; BIRTH; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0038402416     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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