Estimating the risk of suicide among US veterans: How should we proceed from here?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Kaplan, Mark S ^a   McFarland, Bentson H ^b   Huguet, Nathalie ^a   Newsom, Jason T ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84857302186     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300611     Document Type: Article

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