Sexual orientation and suicidality: A co-twin control study in adult men

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 867-874

  Herrell, Richard ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^a,b,h   True, William R ^b,c   Ramakrishnan, Visvanathan ^a,b   Lyons, Michael ^e,f,g   Eisen, Seth ^b,d   Tsuang, Ming T ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^h Vietnam Era Twin Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TWINS;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0032881398     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.10.867     Document Type: Article

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