Suicide mortality among medical doctors in Finland: Are females more prone to suicide than their male colleagues?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1219-1222

  Lindeman, S ^a   Laara E ^b   Hirvonen, J ^b   Lonnqvist J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 1842335721     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004680     Document Type: Article

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