Suicide risk and the economic crisis: An exploratory analysis of the case of Milan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Merzagora, Isabella ^a   Mugellini, Giulia ^b   Amadasi, Alberto ^a   Travaini, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC CRISIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 85007485696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166244     Document Type: Article

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