Tinnitus and suicide: Recent cases on the public record give cause for reconsideration

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-195

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Walter, Garry ^b   Friedland, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; media reports; suicide; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CORONER; FATALITY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PSYCHIATRIST; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL LIFE; SUICIDE; TINNITUS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; SUICIDE; TINNITUS;

EID: 84867347024     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812446286     Document Type: Review

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