Introduction: Suicide and aging: Special issue of Aging & Mental Health

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 110-112

  Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^a   Van Orden, Kimberly ^b   Zarit, Steven ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 84955404491     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1099037     Document Type: Editorial

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