Suicide in centenarians: The international landscape

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1703-1708

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Zarate Escudero, Sofia ^b   Bhat, Ravi ^c   De Leo, Diego ^d,e   Erlangsen, Annette ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^f Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

centenarians; oldest old; suicide; suicide rates

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED NATIONS; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84931561673     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214001112     Document Type: Article

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