Suicides associated with the 2008-10 economic recession in England: Time trend analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7873, 2012, Pages

  Barr, Ben ^a   Taylor Robinson, David ^a   Scott Samuel, Alex ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   Stuckler, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84866108983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5142     Document Type: Article

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