The influence of deprivation on suicide mortality in urban and rural Queensland: An ecological analysis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1919-1928

  Law, Chi Kin ^a,b   Snider, Anne Marie ^a,b   De Leo, Diego ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological studies; Queensland; Rural urban classification; Social deprivation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926672121     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: 14339285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0905-1     Document Type: Article

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