Ecological association between suicide rates and indices of deprivation in the north west region of England: The importance of the size of the administrative unit

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 956-961

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

^a Rafsanjan Medical School   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; AGGRESSION; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPLOYMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; POPULATION; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 33750621661     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.043109     Document Type: Article

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