title: Membership in voluntary associations and rates of suicide in the provinces of Canada.
abstract: Applying Lester's method to data from 10 Canadian provinces, the 1997 and 1999 age-standardized rates of suicide were not associated with the extent (%) to which Canadians participated in voluntary associations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science, The University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514-5750, USA. fbridges@uwf.edu
authors.forename: F Stephen
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Bridges
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035141:Voluntary Programs