Rising suicide among adults aged 40-64 years: The role of job and financial circumstances

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 491-500

  Hempstead, Katherine A ^a,b,c   Phillips, Julie A ^a,b,c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUFFOCATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; ADOLESCENT; EMPLOYMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928302455     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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