Open AccessEconomic downturns and suicide mortality in the USA, 1980–2010: observational study
Author(s) -
Sam Harper,
Thomas Charters,
Erin Strumpf,
Sandro Galea,
Arijit Nandi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv009
Subject(s) - recession , confounding , demography , observational study , medicine , confidence interval , population , poison control , injury prevention , economics , environmental health , sociology , keynesian economics
Several studies have suggested strong associations between economic downturns and suicide mortality, but are at risk of bias due to unmeasured confounding. The rationale for our study was to provide more robust evidence by using a quasi-experimental design.
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