Suicidal feelings in the twilight of life: A cross-sectional population-based study of 97-year-olds

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fässberg, Madeleine Mellqvist ^a   Östling, Svante ^a   Börjesson Hanson, Anne ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Wærn, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; THINKING;

EID: 84874984153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002260     Document Type: Article

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