Suicide across the adult life span: Replications and failures

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-274

  Leenaars, Antoon A ^a,b  

^a University of Leiden ^*  (Canada)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Suicide; Suicide notes; Theory; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; EGO STRENGTH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032844421     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811119908258337     Document Type: Article

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