Risk factors for suicide in later life

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-204

  Conwell, Yeates ^a,b   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Caine, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Risk factor; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0036669286     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01347-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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