Suicide, recession, and unemployment

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9868, 2013, Pages 721-

  Stankunas, Mindaugas ^a,b   Lindert, Jutta ^c,d   Avery, Mark ^b   Sorensen, Ros ^b  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Protestant University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RECESSION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALARY; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; NOTE; STATISTICS;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84874408682     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60572-3     Document Type: Letter

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