Cross-national study of the correlation of general population suicide rates with unemployment rates

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 793-796

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Bhandarkar, Ritesh ^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

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 60749094307     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.3.793-796     Document Type: Article

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