Mental health risk factors for suicides in the US Army, 2007-8

Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 405-412

  Bachynski, Kathleen E ^a   Canham Chervak, Michelle ^a   Black, Sandra A ^a   Dada, Esther O ^a   Millikan, Amy M ^a   Jone, Bruce H ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870425739     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040112     Document Type: Article

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