A preliminary cross-national study of a possible relationship between elderly suicide rates and tuberculosis

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1190-1195

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly suicides; Suicides; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 75149165304     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990378     Document Type: Article

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