Posttraumatic stress disorder and completed suicide

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 721-727

  Gradus, Jaimie L ^a,b   Qin, Ping ^c   Lincoln, Alisa K ^d   Miller, Matthew ^e   Lawler, Elizabeth ^f   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b,g   Lash, Timothy L ^b,g  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Stress disorders, post traumatic; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

DENMARK;

EID: 77949397171     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp456     Document Type: Article

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