Lower risk of suicide during pregnancy

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-123

  Marzuk, Peter M ^a   Tardiff, Kenneth ^b   Leon, Andrew C ^b   Hirsch, Charles S ^b   Portera, Laura ^b   Hartwell, Nancy ^b   Iqbal, M Irfan ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031015243     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.1.122     Document Type: Article

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