Divergent trends in suicide by socio-economic status in Australia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 911-917

  Page, Andrew ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a   Carter, Greg ^a   Dudley, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Secular trends; Socio economic status; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33750973037     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0112-9     Document Type: Article

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