Erratum: What has happened to suicides during the Greek economic crisis? Findings from an ecological study of suicides and their determinants (2003-2012) (BMJ Open (2015) 5 (e007295) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007295);What has happened to suicides during the Greek economic crisis? Findings from an ecological study of suicides and their determinants (2003-2012)

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Rachiotis, George ^a   Stuckler, David ^b,c   McKee, Martin ^c,d   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK CAPACITY; AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926512710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007295corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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