Suicide and cancer: A gender-comparative study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Kendal, W S ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gender; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; MYELOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VARIANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 33847246281     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl385     Document Type: Article

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