Burden of illness and suicide in elderly people

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7361, 2002, Pages 441-

  Timonen, Markku ^a   Viilo, Kaisa ^b   Väisänen, Erkki ^b   Räsänen, Pirkko ^b   Hakko, Helin ^c   Särkioja, Terttu ^b   Charatan, Fred ^d  

^a Oulu Health Center   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Boynton Beach ^*  (United States)

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EID: 85007679753     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7361.441/a     Document Type: Letter

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