Risk factors for attempting suicide in heroin addicts

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 416-420

  Roy, Alec ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77956945348     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.4.416     Document Type: Article

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