Elderly suicide: A multi-national view

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Pearson, J L ^a   Conwell, Y ^b   Lindesay, J ^c   Takahashi, Y ^d   Caine, E D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 0001342607     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607869757191     Document Type: Review

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