Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ292878
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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On Precipitating Factors: Cancer as a Cause of Suicide.
Marshall, James R.; And Others
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v13 n1 p15-27 Spr 1983
Used a case-control study to provide individual-based data from 5,009 suicides and 17,064 controls, describing the impact of being a cancer patient on the odds of suicide. Data indicated that cancer patients are 50 to 100 percent more likely than nonpatients to commit suicide. (JAC)
Descriptors: Cancer, High Risk Persons, Predictor Variables, Social Environment, Stress Variables, Suicide
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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