Understanding recent changes in suicide rates among the middle-aged: Period or cohort effects?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 680-688

  Phillips, Julie A ^a,b   Robin, Ashley V ^c   Nugent, Colleen N ^a,b   Idler, Ellen L ^b,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957941773     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500510     Document Type: Article

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