Age-adjusted relative suicide risk by marital and employment status over the past 25 years in Japan

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-56

  Yamauchi, T ^a   Fujita, T ^b   Tachimori, H ^a   Takeshima, T ^a   Inagaki, M ^a   Sudo, A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c Public and International Programmes ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

marital employment status; relative risk; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874765679     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds054     Document Type: Article

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