Substance use disorders and risk for completed suicide

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-316

  Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Epidemiological studies; Substance use disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70350752272     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110903263191     Document Type: Article

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