Alcohol and suicide at the population level - The Canadian experience

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-208

  Ramstedt, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Canada; Suicide; Time series analyses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 26844466639     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230500170274     Document Type: Article

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