Suicide at high altitude: The importance of sociodemographic and mental health care factors

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-

  Betz, Marian ^a   Valley, Morgan Anne ^a   Lowenstein, Steven R ^a   Honigman, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 84862858354     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1017     Document Type: Letter

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