Epidemiology of suicide in Spain, 1981-2008: A spatiotemporal analysis

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 380-385

  Alvaro Meca A ^a   Kneib, T ^b   Gil Prieto, R ^a   Gil de Miguel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Demography; Epidemiology; Spain; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER RELATIONS; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84877003996     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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