Does adversity earlier in life affect elderly suicide rates? A cross-national study

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-277

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Bhat, Ravi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adversity; Elderly suicide rates; Suicides

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350769282     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651500902912702     Document Type: Article

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