Globalisation and suicide: An empirical investigation in 35 countries over the period 1980-2006

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 996-1003

  Milner, Allison ^a   McClure, Rod ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   De Leo, Diego ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic change; Globalisation; Social change; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUICIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79958031446     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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