Suicide rates in five-year age-bands after the age of 60 years: The international landscape

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 131-138

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^f Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

oldest old; suicide; suicide rates

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

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

EID: 84955384777     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1055552     Document Type: Article

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