Income inequality and risk of suicide in New York City neighborhoods: A multilevel case-control study

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 448-459

  Miller, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Piper, Tinka Markham ^a   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Tracy, Melissa ^a   Tardiff, Kenneth J ^c   Vlahov, David ^a,d   Galea, Sandro ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 23944445566     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 03630234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.448     Document Type: Article

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