Body mass index and attempted suicide: Cohort study of 1,133,019 Swedish men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 890-899

  Batty, G David ^a,b,c   Whitley, Elise ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^d   Tynelius, Per ^e   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

body mass index; cohort studies; depression; social class; suicide, attempted

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TIME;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958103350     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq274     Document Type: Article

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