How do Durkheimian variables impact variation in national suicide rates when proxies for depression and alcoholism are controlled?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-374

  Fernquist, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Durkheim; National suicide rates; Psychological proxies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANOMIE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34648816729     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110600897226     Document Type: Article

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