Suicide and occupation: The impact of socio-economic, demographic and psychiatric differences

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1131-1140

  Agerbo, Esben ^a   Gunnell, David ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^c   Bo Mortensen, Preben ^a   Nordentoft, Merete ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; ENGINEERING; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIANS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34547664783     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000487     Document Type: Article

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