Suicides among cancer patients in Lithuania: A population-based census-linked study

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 714-718

  Smailyte, Giedre ^a,b   Jasilionis, Domantas ^b,c   Kaceniene, Auguste ^a   Krilaviciute, Agne ^a   Ambrozaitiene, Dalia ^b,d   Stankuniene, Vladislava ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LTUn Social Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Statistics Lithuania   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Record linkage; Standardized mortality ratio; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOUTH CANCER; NEOPLASM; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

CANCER PATIENTS; RECORD LINKAGE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884139860     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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