Factors associated with the recent decline in suicide rates in the elderly in England and Wales, 1985-1998

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Lodhi, Lubbaba Mahmood ^a   Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORKER; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14844359053     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.1.31     Document Type: Article

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