Suicide mortality and economic crisis in Greece: Men's achilles' heel

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Kondilis, Elias ^a,b   Ierodiakonou, Ioanna ^b   Gavana, Magda ^b   Giannakopoulos, Stathis ^b   Benos, Alexis ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84883051835     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202499     Document Type: Letter

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