Country of birth and suicide: A follow-up study of a national cohort in Sweden

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-248

  Westman, Jeanette ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Johansson, Leena Maria ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Immigrants; Psychiatric diagnosis; Socioeconomic status; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745606722     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110600582471     Document Type: Article

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