Is there a relationship between elderly suicide rates and smoking? A cross-national study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-313

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Elderly suicides; Smoking; Suicide rates; Suicides

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELARUS; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERNET; IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; JAPAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAGUAY; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URUGUAY; UZBEKISTAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 40949084367     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1880     Document Type: Article

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