The impact of widowhood on Irish mortality due to suicide and accidents

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-585

  Corcoran, Paul ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidents; Mortality; Suicide; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WIDOW;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSES; SUICIDE; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 71449101037     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp166     Document Type: Article

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