The correlation between rates of unemployment and suicide rates in Japan between 1985 and 2002

International Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-263

  Inoue, Ken ^a,b   Tanii, Hisashi ^a   Abe, Shuntaro ^c   Kaiya, Hisanobu ^b   Nata, Masayuki ^a   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^d  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Psychosocial health care; Risk; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33846083469     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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