A meta-analysis of acute use of alcohol and the risk of suicide attempt

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 949-957

  Borges, G ^a   Bagge, C L ^b   Cherpitel, C J ^c   Conner, K R ^d   Orozco, R ^a   Rossow, I ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute alcohol use; case control studies; case crossover studies; meta analyses; suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 85001849120     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291716002841     Document Type: Article

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