Suicide rate in relation to the Human Development Index and other health related factors: A global ecological study from 91 countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 131-134

  Khazaei, Salman ^a   Armanmehr, Vajihe ^b   Nematollahi, Shahrzad ^c   Rezaeian, Shahab ^d   Khazaei, Somayeh ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GONABAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Human Development Index; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROSS NATIONAL INCOME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED NATIONS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85012871115     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: 22106014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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