Mortality trends in external causes of death in people with mental health disorders in Sweden, 1987–2010

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 121-126

  Hällgren, Jonas ^a   Ösby, Urban ^a,b   Westman, Jeanette ^a   Gissler, Mika ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PRIMA Psychiatry AB   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; mortality; public mental health; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TRENDS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 85063639494     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494818758912     Document Type: Article

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