Factors related to Chinese older adults suicidal thoughts and attempts

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 752-761

  Li, Hong ^a   Xu, Ling ^b   Chi, Iris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mainland China; older adults; suicidal attempts; suicidal thoughts

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84928693278     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1037242     Document Type: Article

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