Economic conditions and suicide rates in New York city

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-535

  Nandi, Arijit ^a   Prescott, Marta R ^b   Cerdá, Magdalena ^b   Vlahov, David ^c   Tardiff, Kenneth J ^d   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

economic recession; economics; longitudinal studies; mental health; New York City; suicide

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NADIR; NONLINEARITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858373598     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr355     Document Type: Article

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