Mixed Methods Analysis of Sex Differences in Life Stressors of Middle-Aged Suicides

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages S209-S218

  Stone, Deborah M ^a   Holland, Kristin M ^a   Schiff, Lara B ^b   McIntosh, Wendy LiKamWa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994177296     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.07.021     Document Type: Article

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