Social and geographical inequalities in suicide in Japan from 1975 through 2005: a census-based longitudinal analysis.

Despite advances in our understanding of the countercyclical association between economic contraction and suicide, less is known about the levels of and changes in inequalities in suicide. The authors examined social and geographical inequalities in suicide in Japan from 1975 through 2005.Based on q...

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Main Authors: Etsuji Suzuki, Saori Kashima, Ichiro Kawachi, S V Subramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3646025?pdf=render