Re: "Association of body mass index with suicide mortality: A prospective cohort study of more than one million men" [2]

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-399

  Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748036699     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj227     Document Type: Letter

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