A changing epidemiology of suicide? The influence of birth cohorts on suicide rates in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 151-160

  Phillips, Julie A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age Period Cohort; Baby Boomers; Durkheim; Suicide; United States

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SUICIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902958893     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.038     Document Type: Article

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