Knowledge of and attitudes toward suicide and depression among Japanese in municipalities with high suicide rates

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 48-55

  Nishi, Nobuo ^a,d   Kurosawa, Mie ^a   Nohara, Masaru ^b   Oguri, Shigenori ^a   Chida, Fuminori ^a   Otsuka, Kotaro ^a   Sakai, Akio ^a   Okayama, Akira ^c  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Psychosocial factors; Standardized mortality ratio; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 16844366993     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.15.48     Document Type: Article

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