Suicide mortality of young, middle-aged and elderly males and females in Japan for the years 1953-96: Time series analysis for the effects of unemployment, female labour force, young and aged population, primary industry and population density

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-549

  Yamasaki, Akiko ^a,b   Araki, Shunichi ^c   Sakai, Ryoji ^d   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^e   Voorhees, A Scott ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d Union of Risk Management for Preventive Medicine   (Japan)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female labour force; Japan; Suicide; Time series analysis; Unemployment; Young and aged population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRADE UNION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849158702     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.541     Document Type: Article

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