Testosterone differs between suicide attempters and community controls in men and women of China

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-45

  Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Jia, Cun Xian ^a   Wang, Lin Lin ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Center of Disease Control of Jinan   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gender; Suicide; Suicide attempt; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920936305     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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