Low Vitamin D Status and Suicide: A Case-Control Study of Active Duty Military Service Members

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Umhau, John C ^a   George, David T ^a   Heaney, Robert P ^b   Lewis, Michael D ^c   Ursano, Robert J ^d   Heilig, Markus ^a   Hibbeln, Joseph R ^a   Schwandt, Melanie L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 84871857314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051543     Document Type: Article

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