Approaching suicide as a public health issue

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-152

  Knox, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84904403852     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0914     Document Type: Editorial

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