Social and Geographical Inequalities in Suicide in Japan from 1975 through 2005: A Census-Based Longitudinal Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Kashima, Saori ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CENSUSES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84877095184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063443     Document Type: Article

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