Attempted suicide in elderly Chinese persons: A multi-group, controlled study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 562-571

  Tsoh, Joshua ^a   Chiu, Helen F K ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^b   Chan, Sandra S M ^a   Chi, Iris ^c   Yip, Paul S F ^c   Conwell, Yeates ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; HONG KONG; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84903071946     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200507000-00004     Document Type: Article

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