Suicide mortality in mental retardation: A 35-year follow-up study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-311

  Patja, Kristiina ^a,e   Iivanainen, Matti ^a   Raitasuo, Seija ^b,c   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Turku University   (Finland)

^c Special Welfare District of Southwest Finland ^*  (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Mental disorders; Mental retardation; Mortality; Population based; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DROWNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035047538     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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