Socioeconomic factors and suicide rates at large-unit aggregate levels: A comment

Urban Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2769-2776

  Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0346905292     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000191029     Document Type: Article

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