Gender and suicide risk among artists: A multivariate analysis

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-379

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ART; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREATIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030498664     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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