Elderly suicide rates: Cross-national comparisons and association with sex and elderly age-bands

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-252

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Bhat, Ravi ^b   McKenzie, Sheena ^a   Koen, Chris ^a  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Older Persons' Health   (Australia)

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EID: 34547611632     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.47.3.244     Document Type: Article

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