Elderly suicidality: Human behavior and social environment perspective

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 21-45

  Chima, Felix O ^a  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment strategies; Biopsychosociocultural; Elderly suicide; Intervention initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937381424     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v06n04_02     Document Type: Article

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