Death from suicide versus mortality from epilepsy in the epilepsies: A meta-analysis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 641-648

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Meta analysis; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SUICIDE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33751325079     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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