Suicide rates in relation to health care access in the United States: An ecological study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-523

  Tondo, Leonardo ^a,b,c,e   Albert, Matthew J ^d   Baldessarini, Ross J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d Centro Lucio Bini   (Italy)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646793329     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n0402     Document Type: Article

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