Youth unemployment, economic deprivation and suicide

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 330-339

  Hagquist, C ^a  

^a Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic deprivation; Suicide; Unemployment; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842582667     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1998.tb00253.x     Document Type: Article

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