Medical surveillance often precedes suicide among female physicians in Finland: A case-control study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1115-1117

  Lindeman, Sari ^a,b   Läärä, Esa ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0343052644     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199711000-00013     Document Type: Article

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