Psychiatric illness and risk factors for suicide in Denmark

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9197, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Mortensen, P B ^a   Agerbo, E ^b   Erikson, T ^b   Qin, P ^a   Westergaard Nielsen, N ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0033956706     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)06376-X     Document Type: Article

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