Suicide mortality by occupation in Canada, 1991-2001

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 369-376

  Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b   Bielecky, Amber ^a   Etches, Jacob ^a   Wilkins, Russell ^c,d   Tjepkema, Michael ^d   Amick, Benjamin C ^a,e   Smith, Peter M ^a,b   Gnam, William H ^a,f   Aronson, Kristan J ^g  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Occupation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SKILL; SUICIDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 77953747055     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371005500606     Document Type: Article

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