High suicide mortality soon after diagnosis among cancer patients in central Italy

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1194-1196

  Crocetti, E ^a,d   Arniani, S ^a,b   Acciai, S ^a   Barchielli, A ^a   Buiatti, E ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^d Registro Tumori Toscano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031905741     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.199     Document Type: Article

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