Associations between body mass index and suicide in the veterans affairs health system

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 269-276

  McCarthy, John F ^a,b,c,d   Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b,c,d   Austin, Karen ^a,c   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b,c,d   Katz, Ira R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VA National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center   (United States)

^c Washington Center for Clinical Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; THINNESS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892365419     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20422     Document Type: Article

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