Body Mass Index Is an Important Predictor for Suicide: Results from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 697-736

  Perera, Stefan ^a   Eisen, Rebecca B ^a   Dennis, Brittany B ^a   Bawor, Monica ^a   Bhatt, Meha ^a   Bhatnagar, Neera ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b   de Souza, Russell ^a,c   Samaan, Zainab ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 85001736044     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12244     Document Type: Article

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