Low serum cholesterol in violent but not in non-violent suicide attempters

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-108

  Alvarez, Jean Claude ^a,b   Cremniter, Didier ^c   Gluck, Nathalie ^b   Quintin, Phillipe ^d   Leboyer, Marion ^d   Berlin, Ivan ^d   Therond, Patrice ^b   Spreux Varoquaux, Odile ^b  

^a Pediatric Orthopaedic Department   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^c Hop Henri Mondor/Albert Chenevier   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Suicide attempt; Violence

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034698934     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00171-2     Document Type: Article

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