Changes in suicide mortality for veterans and nonveterans by gender and history of VHA service use, 2000-2010

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 959-965

  Hoffmire, Claire A ^a,b   Kemp, Janet E ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941208451     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400031     Document Type: Article

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