Sleep disturbance preceding suicide among veterans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Pigeon, Wilfred R ^a,b,c   Britton, Peter C ^a,c   Ilgen, Mark A ^d,e   Chapman, Ben ^c   Conner, Kenneth R ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857327491     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300470     Document Type: Article

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