Influences of population-level factors on suicides in older adults: A national ecological study from Australia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 388-395

  Law, Chi Kin ^a,b   Kõlves, Kairi ^a   De Leo, Diego ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Australia; older adults; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84959533378     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4343     Document Type: Article

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