Economic growth and suicide rate changes: A case in China from 1982 to 2005

European Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-163

  Zhang, J ^a,b   Ma, J ^c   Jia, C ^d   Sun, J ^e   Guo, X ^c   Xu, A ^c   Li, W ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Economic growth; Strain Theory of suicide; Suicide rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950368991     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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