Medically serious and non-serious suicide attempts in persons aged 70 and above

Geriatrics (Switzerland)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wiktorsson, Stefan ^a   Olsson, Petter ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressant treatment; Anxiety; Depression; Medically serious; Older adults; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067819443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23083417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics1030023     Document Type: Article

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