A dynamic econometric model of suicides in Turkey

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 903-907

  Altinanahtar, Alper ^a   Halicioglu, Ferda ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Suicide; Time series; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349278388     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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