The impact of parental status on the risk of completed suicide

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 797-802

  Qin, Ping ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENTHOOD; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0042655444     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.8.797     Document Type: Article

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