Short-term effects of the 2008 Great Recession on the health of the Italian population: An ecological study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 851-858

  Mattei, Giorgio ^a   Ferrari, Silvia ^a   Pingani, Luca ^a,b   Rigatelli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Italy; Mental health; Recession; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84901497444     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0818-z     Document Type: Article

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