Suicide and marital status in Northern Ireland

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 795-800

  Corcoran, Paul ^a,b   Nagar, Aaron ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Divorce; Marital status; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVORCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SUICIDE; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 77955417167     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0120-7     Document Type: Article

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