Ecological study of isolation and suicide in Tuscany (Italy)

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-73

  Martiello, Michele Arcangelo ^a   Giacchi, Mariano Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Isolated houses; Population density; Single person households; Socioeconomic factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION VARIABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDY DESIGN; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84867143088     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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