Attempted suicide and the elderly trauma patient: Risk factors and outcomes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1021-1027

  Crandall, Marie ^a   Luchette, Fred ^a   Esposito, Thomas J ^a   West, Michael ^a   Shapiro, Michael ^a   Bulger, Eileen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Suicide; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GERIATRICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247204298     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000229784.88927.6e     Document Type: Article

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