Inequalities and impact of socioeconomic-cultural factors in suicide rates across Italy

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 178-185

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Innamorati, Marco ^c   Vichi, Monica ^d   Masocco, Maria ^d   Vanacore, Nicola ^d   Lester, David ^e   Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   De Leo, Diego ^f   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Italy; Sociocultural factors; Socioeconomic factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84855364815     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000084     Document Type: Article

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