The effect of national suicide prevention programs on suicide rates in 21 OECD nations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1395-1400

  Matsubayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Ueda, Michiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

National suicide prevention strategy; OECD nations; Panel data analysis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

OECD; PANEL DATA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555208109     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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