Suicide mortality among patients treated by the Veterans Health Administration from 2000 to 2007

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Blow, Frederic C ^a,b   Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,b   Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b   Ignacio, Rosalinda ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Valenstein, Marcia M ^a,b   Knox, Kerry L ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857324575     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300441     Document Type: Article

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