The relationship between general population suicide rates and the internet: A cross-national study

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-150

  Shah, Ajit ^a  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952346747     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.2.146     Document Type: Article

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