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Comparative Study
. 2009 Aug;166(8):845-8.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060780.

Suicide prevention in later life: a glass half full, or half empty?

Yeates Conwell
Comparative Study

Suicide prevention in later life: a glass half full, or half empty?

Yeates Conwell. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Aug.
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The author reports no competing interests.

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FIGURE 1. U.S. Suicide Rates, by Age, Race, and Gender, 2006a
a Data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
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