A conditional model for estimating the increase in suicides associated with the 2008-2010 economic recession in England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 779-787

  Saurina, Carme ^a,b   Bragulat, Basili ^a   Saez, Marc ^a,b,c   López Casasnovas, Guillem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885386328     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202645     Document Type: Article

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