Is the rate of suicide among veterans elevated?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Gibbons, Robert D ^a   Brown, C Hendricks ^b   Hur, Kwan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VETERAN;

HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 84857325883     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300491     Document Type: Review

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