Suicide risk in relation to level of urbanicity - A population-based linkage study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 846-852

  Qin, Ping ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Level of urbanicity; Nested case control design; Population registers; Risk factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 26444581342     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi085     Document Type: Article

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