Relationship between quantity and frequency of alcohol use and indices of suicidal behavior in an elderly Australian sample

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 616-626

  Pfaff, Jon J ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b   Witte, Tracy K ^c   Waesche, Matthew C ^c   Joiner Jr , Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38349164995     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.6.616     Document Type: Article

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