Association between social integration and suicide among women in the United States

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 987-993

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b,c   Lucas, Michel ^d,e,f   Kawachi, Ichiro ^f,g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-8; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 84943525224     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1002     Document Type: Article

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