Childlessness in Elderly Suicide: An analysis of coroner's inquests of 200 cases of elderly suicide in Cheshire 1989-2001

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-212

  Salib, Emad ^a,b   El Nimr, George ^b   Habeeb, Bassem ^b   Theophanous, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Peasley Cross Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Peasley Cross Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 8444253383     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.3.207     Document Type: Article

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