A study of suicides of older people in Sydney

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-269

  Snowdon, John ^a,b   Baume, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Rozelle Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Coroners; Dementia; Depression; Disability; Mental disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036123492     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.586     Document Type: Article

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