Social capital and suicide in 11 European countries: An ecological analysis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 971-977

  Kelly, Brendan D ^a   Davoren, Mary ^a   Mhaoláin, Áine Ní ^a   Breen, Eugene G ^a   Casey, Patricia ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community networks; Social capital; Social medicine; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350341123     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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