Mortality from Suicide, Chronic Liver Disease, and Drug Poisonings among Middle-Aged U.S. White Men and Women, 1980–2013

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 31-37

  Masters, Ryan K ^a   Tilstra, Andrea M ^a   Simon, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; DRUG MISUSE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015061220     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2016.1248892     Document Type: Article

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