Disentangling the person and the place as explanations for regional differences in suicide

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-297

  Shrira, Ilan ^a   Christenfeld, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

FIREARMS; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953822004     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.3.287     Document Type: Article

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