Establishing priorities for reducing suicide and its antecedents in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1898-1903

  Knox, Kerry L ^a   Caine, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 27644582535     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.047217     Document Type: Review

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