Are elderly dependency ratios associated with general population suicide rates?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-283

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elderly dependency ratios; suicide rates; suicides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 79956123743     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009356839     Document Type: Article

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