Suicide triggers as sex-specific threats in domains of evolutionary import: Negative correlation between global male-to-female suicide ratios and average per capita gross national income

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 692-696

  Saad, Gad ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MATING; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SEX; SEXUAL SELECTION; SUICIDE; THREAT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; QUEBEC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33845941767     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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