Suicide mortality in Canada and Quebec, 1926-2008: An age-period-cohort analysis

Canadian Studies in Population

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Thibodeau, Lise ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age period cohort; Canada; Intrinsic Estimator (IE); Quebec; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947761824     PISSN: 03801489     EISSN: 1927629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25336/p6xg7v     Document Type: Article

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