Suicide by occupation: Systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 409-416

  Milner, Allison ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^a   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLEANING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OCCUPATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKER;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84890300944     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128405     Document Type: Review

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