Seasonality in suicide: A study of farming suicides in England and Wales

Crisis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Simkin, Sue ^a,c   Hawton, Keith ^a,c   Yip, Paul S F ^b   Yam, Carrie H K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Oxford University ^*

Author keywords

Farmers; Seasonality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 0642377768     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//0227-5910.24.3.93     Document Type: Article

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