Income, employment and suicidal behavior

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 177-187

  Kalist, David E ^a   Molinari, Noelle Angelique M ^b,c   Siahaan, Freddy ^a  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 38649114109     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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