Cohort variations in suicide rates among families of nations: An analysis of cohorts born from 1875 through 1985

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-33

  Stockard, Jean ^a   O'Brien, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Families of nations; Nonmarital births; Relative cohort size; Social capital; Suicide

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SUICIDE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 33645750722     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715206063258     Document Type: Article

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