The ecological association between suicide rates and indices of deprivation in English local authorities

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 785-791

  Rezaeian, Mohsen ^a,b   Dunn, Graham ^a   St Leger, Selwyn ^c   Appleby, Louis ^c  

^a Sch of Epidemiol and Hlth Sci   (United Kingdom)

^b Rafsanjan Medical School   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological association; English local authorities; Indices of deprivation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 27744526525     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0960-x     Document Type: Article

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