Suicide in older people: Some forgotten avenues

Crisis

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 365-367

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Erlangsen, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

AGED; HUMANS; INTENTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84914153265     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000297     Document Type: Editorial

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