Do hot spots of deprivation predict the rates of suicide within London boroughs?

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 886-893

  Rezaeian, Mohsen ^a   Dunn, Graham ^a   St Leger, Selwyn ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological association; Hot spots of deprivation; London; Suicide

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347210657     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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