Correlates of suicide in building industry workers

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-117

  Heller, Travis S ^a   Hawgood, Jacinta L ^a   Leo, Diego De ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Mortality; Occupation; Suicide; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARCHITECTURE; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845760416     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110600992977     Document Type: Article

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