Case-control study of unemployment and parasuicide

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 511-515

  Newman, Stephen C ^a   Bland, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIVORCE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 35348839623     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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