Suicide and unemployment: What are the missing links?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-335

  Chan, Wincy S C ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a   Wong, Paul W C ^a   Chen, Eric Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Psychological autopsy; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34648816924     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110701541905     Document Type: Article

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