Medical illness and the risk of suicide in the elderly

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1179-1184

  Juurlink, David N ^a,b,c,d   Herrmann, Nathan ^a   Szalai, John P ^a,c   Kopp, Alexander ^c   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEVODOPA; LEVOTHYROXINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PHENYTOIN; PRAMIPEXOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FIREARM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLAUCOMA; GOUT; HANGING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; URINE INCONTINENCE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 3042695184     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.11.1179     Document Type: Article

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