Serum leptin and cholesterol values in violent and non-violent suicide attempters

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Atmaca, Murad ^a   Kuloglu, Murat ^a   Tezcan, Ertan ^a   Ustundag, Bilal ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Leptin; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38749087582     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.05.002     Document Type: Article

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