Suicidal behaviour: An epidemiological and genetic study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 839-855

  Statham, D J ^a   Heath, A C ^b   Madden, P A F ^b   Bucholz, K K ^b   Bierut, L ^b   Dinwiddie, S H ^b   Slutske, W S ^b   Dunne, M P ^b   Martin, N G ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PERSONALITY; RAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEPHONE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TWINS;

EID: 0031852391     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006916     Document Type: Article

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