Religion and assisted and non-assisted suicide in Switzerland: National Cohort Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1486-1494

  Spoerri, Adrian ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Bopp, Matthias ^b   Gutzwiller, Felix ^b   Egger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Multi level modelling; Record linkage; Religion; Suicide; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LEGAL RIGHTS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SUICIDE; URBANIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHOLICISM; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTESTANTISM; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78649771608     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq141     Document Type: Article

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