Socio-economic factors and suicide rates in European Union countries

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Ferretti, Fabio ^a   Coluccia, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Union countries; Socio economic factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDUSTRY; LABOR MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 67349259604     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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