Low socioeconomic status and suicidal ideation among elderly individuals

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2055-2066

  Ju, Yeong Jun ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a,b   Han, Kyu Tae ^a   Choi, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Jeong Lim ^a   Cho, Kyoung Hee ^a   Park, Sohee ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

elderly; food insecurity; household income; living arrangement; socioeconomic status; suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VERY ELDERLY; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84980015411     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610216001149     Document Type: Article

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