Mental disorders and socioeconomic status: Impact on population risk of attempted suicide in Australia

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-481

  Page, Andrew ^a   Taylor, Richard ^b   Hall, Wayne ^c   Carter, Gregory ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 72949124643     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.5.471     Document Type: Article

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