The effect of marital integration on African American suicide

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-414

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SINGLE PERSON; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030483296     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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