Suicide among veterans in 16 states, 2005 to 2008: Comparisons between utilizers and nonutilizers of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services based on data from the National Death Index, the National Violent Death Reporting System, and VHA administrative records

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Katz, Ira R ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Ignacio, Rosalinda V ^a,b   Kemp, Janet ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VA Office of Mental Health Operations   (United States)

^c VA Office of Suicide Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857263637     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300503     Document Type: Article

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