The burden of suicide in Wisconsin's older adult population

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-93

  Wanta, Brendan T ^a   Schlotthauer, Amy E ^a   Guse, Clare E ^a   Hargarten, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; DEMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 67449083110     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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