Correlates of suicide in the older adult population in Quebec

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-105

  Préville, Michel ^a,b   Boyer, Richard ^c,d   Hebert, Réjean ^a,b,e   Bravo, Gina ^a,b   Seguin, Monique ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 15044352002     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.35.1.91.59269     Document Type: Article

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