County-Level Trends in Suicide Rates in the U.S., 2005–2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 72-79

  Rossen, Lauren M ^a   Hedegaard, Holly ^a   Khan, Diba ^a   Warner, Margaret ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; RACE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85046802469     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.03.020     Document Type: Article

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