Assessing the impact of socioeconomic variables on small area variations in suicide outcomes in england

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 158-177

  Congdon, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Fragmentation; Nonlinear; Rurality; Self harm; Spatial; Suicide

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL FRAGMENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873863431     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10010158     Document Type: Article

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