Did geographical inequalities in suicide among men aged 15-44 in New Zealand increase during the period 1980-2001?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-365

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Barnett, Ross ^a   Collings, Sunny ^b   Jones, Irfon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Inequality; New Zealand; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 34248204647     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701213286     Document Type: Article

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