The prevalence of suicide attempts among community-dwelling US Chinese older adults - findings from the PINE study

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-35

  Dong, XinQi ^a   Chen, Ruijia ^a   Chang, E Shien ^a   Simon, Melissa A ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese older adults; Population based study; Suicide attempt; Suicide method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900850316     PISSN: 17570980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EIHSC-10-2013-0030     Document Type: Article

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