Possible relationship of elderly suicide rates with unemployment in society: A cross-national study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 398-400

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 45149095418     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.102.2.398-400     Document Type: Article

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