BMI and rates of suicide in the United States: An ecological analysis

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1946-1950

  Mukamal, Kenneth J ^a   Wee, Christina C ^a   Miller, Matthew ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FIREARM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

DEPRESSION; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POISONING; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349513629     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.122     Document Type: Article

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