Do cerebrovascular risk factors confer risk for suicide in later life? A case-control study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 541-544

  Chan, Sandra S ^a,c   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^b   Conwell, Yeates ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular pathologies; Later life; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34547665294     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31803c5523     Document Type: Article

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