HIV infection and suicide risk: An epidemiological inquiry among male homosexuals in Switzerland

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 230-234

  Cochand, P ^a,b   Bovet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031970126     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050048     Document Type: Article

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