Suicide among the elderly in Honolulu county: A multiethnic comparative study (1987-1992)

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Purcell, Don ^a   Thrush, Carol R N ^b   Blanchette, Patricia L ^c  

^a Hawaiian Life Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANGING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JUMPING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHILIPPINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032928786     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161029900558X     Document Type: Article

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