Suicidal behaviors in surviving monozygotic and dizygotic co-twins: Is the nature of the Co-twin's cause of death a factor?

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 569-575

  Segal, Nancy L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; TWINS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 76549110504     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.6.569     Document Type: Article

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