A cross-national study of the relationship between elderly suicide rates and urbaninzation

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 714-719

  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

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 61849101073     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.714     Document Type: Article

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