Explaining changing suicide rates in Norway 1948-2004: The role of social integration

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-64

  Barstad, Anders ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family integration; Norway; Separations; Social integration; Suicide; Time series

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MARRIAGE; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES;

NORWAY;

EID: 57749123719     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9155-x     Document Type: Article

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