Duration of unemployment and suicide in Australia over the period 1985-2006: An ecological investigation by sex and age during rising versus declining national unemployment rates

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-244

  Milner, Allison ^a   Page, Andrew ^b   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875067535     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201594     Document Type: Article

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