Suicide among the elderly and associated factors in South Korea

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-114

  Shin, Kyoung Min ^a   Cho, Sun Mi ^a   Hong, Chang Hyung ^a   Park, Kyung Soon ^b   Shin, Yun Mi ^a   Lim, Ki Young ^a   Koh, Sang Hyun ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

elderly; physical illness; risk factors; stroke warning signs; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873396690     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.702732     Document Type: Article

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