Individual- and area-level influence on suicide risk: A multilevel longitudinal study of Swedish schoolchildren

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-277

  Zammit, S ^a,b   Gunnell, D ^b   Lewis, G ^b   Leckie, G ^b   Dalman, C ^c   Allebeck, P ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contextual; Epidemiology; Multilevel model; Neighbourhood; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890601787     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713000743     Document Type: Article

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