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. 1999 Apr 3;318(7188):941-2.

Effect on suicide rate of having reduced unemployment is uncertain

I H Mäkinen
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Effect on suicide rate of having reduced unemployment is uncertain

I H Mäkinen. BMJ. .
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Annual changes in male suicide rate and unemployment rate, 1970-94. Adjustment compensates for change in unemployment registration in 1982 (Denman J, McDonald P. Unemployment statistics from 1881 to the present day. Labour Market Trends 1996 Jan:5-18). r=correlation between change in unemployment rate and change in male suicide rate in same year; r(lag3)=correlation between change in unemployment rate in one year and change in male suicide rate three years later
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