Suicide among male veterans: A prospective population-based study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 619-624

  Kaplan, Mark S ^a   Huguet, Nathalie ^a   McFarland, Bentson H ^b   Newsom, Jason T ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347242100     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.054346     Document Type: Review

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