Does Gender Explain the Relationship Between Occupation and Suicide? Findings from a Meta-Analytic Study

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 568-573

  Milner, A J ^a   Spittal, M S ^a   Pirkis, J ^a   LaMontagne, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Meta analysis; Occupation; Review; Suicide

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84929693078     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9889-x     Document Type: Article

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