The effect of risky alcohol use and smoking on suicide risk: Findings from the German MONICA/KORA-Augsburg Cohort Study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1127-1132

  Schneider, Barbara ^a   Baumert, Jens ^b   Schneider, Andrea ^b   Marten Mittag, Birgitt ^c   Meisinger, Christa ^b   Erazo, Natalia ^c   Hammer, Gaël P ^d   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^b,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Smoking; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUICIDE;

EID: 83955161829     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0287-y     Document Type: Article

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