Is socioeconomic position associated with risk of attempted suicide in rural Sri Lanka? A cross-sectional study of 165 000 individuals

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Knipe, D W ^a,b   Gunnell, D ^a,b   Pieris, R ^b   Priyadarshana, C ^b   Weerasinghe, M ^b,c   Pearson, M ^b,d   Jayamanne, S ^b,e   Dawson, A H ^b,f   Mohamed, F ^b,f   Gawarammana, I ^b   Hawton, K ^g   Konradsen, F ^b,h   Eddleston, M ^b,d   Metcalfe, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDICINE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016306421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014006     Document Type: Article

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