Increase in state suicide rates in the USA during economic recession

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9856, 2012, Pages 1813-1814

  Reeves, Aaron ^a   Stuckler, David ^a,b   McKee, Martin ^b   Gunnell, David ^c   Chang, Shu Sen ^c,d   Basu, Sanjay ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869502664     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61910-2     Document Type: Letter

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