The treatment received by substance-dependent male and female suicide victims

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-213

  Pirkola, Sami P ^a,b   Isometsa E T ^a   Henriksson, M M ^a   Heikkinen, M E ^a   Marttunen, M J ^a   Lonnqvist J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health care; Substance abuse treatment; Substance dependence; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

EID: 0033053664     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb00977.x     Document Type: Article

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