Body mass and suicide risk

Crisis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-47

  Stack, Steven ^a,c   Lester, David ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c Center for Suicide Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Predictor; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34248679932     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.28.1.46     Document Type: Article

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