Economically inactive, unemployed and employed suicides in australia by age and sex over a 10-year period: What was the impact of the 2007 economic recession?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1500-1507

  Milner, Allison ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^b   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic inactivity; Employed; Recession; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISK; POISSON RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913588905     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu148     Document Type: Article

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