Prefecture-level economic conditions and risk of suicide in Japan: A repeated cross-sectional analysis 1975-2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 949-954

  Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Kashima, Saori ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84922460478     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku023     Document Type: Article

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