Confluence of suicide and drug overdose epidemics in young Australian males: common causality?

• Main Authors: Richard Taylor (Author), Andrew Page (Author), Alex Wodak (Author), Michael Dudley (Author), Sonali Munot (Author), Stephen Morrell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Young adult (aged 20-34) males experience higher mortality than females, and in age groups immediately younger and older, and with considerable variation in death rates over time. Trends in mortality and the cause structure of deaths among young adult Australian males over 1979-2...