Suicide: The spatial and social components of despair in Britain 1980-2000

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 442-460

  Dorling, Danny ^a   Gunnell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Integration; Modelling; Social isolation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346394728     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2003.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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