Recalculating the economic cost of suicide

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-361

  Yang, Bijou ^a,c   Lester, David ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847371238     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180601187209     Document Type: Review

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