High-risk occupations for suicide

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1231-1240

  Roberts, S E ^a   Jaremin, B ^b   Lloyd, K ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Occupation; socio economic group; suicide rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84877771392     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712002024     Document Type: Article

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