Association of suicide rates for elderly age bands with gender equality

Psychological Reports

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 887-892

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ASIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 50249091111     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.102.3.887-892     Document Type: Article

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