Suicide after surgical treatment in patients with epilepsy: A meta-analytic investigation

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-338

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Girardi, Paolo ^b   Tatarelli, Giulia ^b   Angeletti, Gloria ^b   Tatarelli, Roberto ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746196630     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.2.323-338     Document Type: Article

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