Strong inverse association between height and suicide in a large cohort of Swedish men: Evidence of early life origins of suicidal behavior?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1373-1375

  Magnusson, Patrik K E ^b   Gunnell, David ^b   Tynelius, Per ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; EXPOSURE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 21344466083     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.7.1373     Document Type: Article

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