Incidence and risk factors for suicide and attempted suicide following a diagnosis of hematological malignancy

Cancer Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-154

  Hultcrantz, Malin ^a   Svensson, Tobias ^a   Derolf, Åsa R ^a   Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y ^a,b   Lindqvist, Ebba K ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Granath, Fredrik ^a   Björkholm, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Multiple myeloma; Population based; Psychiatric disorder; Suicide; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005847578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.316     Document Type: Article

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