Suicide in cancer patients in South East England from 1996 to 2005: a population-based study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-201

  Robinson, D ^a   Renshaw, C ^a   Okello, C ^a   Moller H ^a   Davies, E A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deprivation; fatality; standardised mortality ratio; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 67649868095     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605110     Document Type: Article

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