Body mass index, suicide, and homicide among inhabitants of the Caribbean Islands

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 650-652

  Bridges, F Stephen ^a   Tran, Xuan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 44349166908     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.106.2.650-652     Document Type: Article

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