Parkinson's disease and suicide: A profile of suicide victims with Parkinson's disease in a population-based study during the years 1988-2002 in Northern Finland

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 916-920

  Mainio, Arja ^a   Karvonen, Kaisa ^a   Hakko, Helinä ^a   Särkioja, Terttu ^b   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a,b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Old age; Parkinson's disease; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 70350787386     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2194     Document Type: Article

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