Suicide and occupation: Further supportive evidence for their relevance

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Nishimura, Mariko ^a   Terao, Takeshi ^a   Soeda, Shuji ^a   Nakamura, Jun ^a   Iwata, Noboru ^b   Sakamoto, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Farmers; Fishermen; Forest workers; Primary industry; Suicide; Sunshine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; FOREST WORKER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OFFICE WORKER; SUICIDE;

EID: 0345734353     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2003.09.023     Document Type: Article

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