Population size and suicide in U.S. cities: A static and dynamic exploration

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-564

  McCall, Patricia L ^a   Tittle, Charles R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION SIZE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 36148978930     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.5.553     Document Type: Article

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