Cancer and the risk of suicide in older Americans

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 4720-4724

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Mogun, Helen ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a   Hempstead, Katherine ^a   Solomon, Daniel H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54249136438     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.3990     Document Type: Article

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