The relationship between elderly suicide rates and elderly dependency ratios: A cross-national study using data from the WHO data bank

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 596-604

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Padayatchi, Mellisha ^b   Das, Kavita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cultural factors; Elderly suicides; Suicides

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 41549159906     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020700628X     Document Type: Article

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