Socioeconomic risk factors and depressive symptoms in alcohol use disorders among male suicides in South Tirol, Italy

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-474

  Giupponi, Giancarlo ^a   Bizzarri, Jacopo ^a   Pycha, Roger ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^b   Lester, David ^c   Conca, Andreas ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^d   Tatarelli, Roberto ^d   Pompili, Maurizio ^d,e  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; socioeconomic risk factors; South Tirol; suicide

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 77957915900     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2010.509272     Document Type: Article

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