Marital status and suicide: some common methodological problems

Marital status and suicide: some common methodological problems.

EDITOR,—In a recent paper published in this journal, Kposowa reported that divorced and separated men had a higher risk of suicide than married men. Men and women of other unmarried status reportedly did not suVer any excess risk of suicide in comparison with their married counterparts. We have some reservation about the findings, and wish to point out two methodological problems that may have ...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Marital status and suicide: some common methodological problems

EDITOR,—In a recent paper published in this journal, Kposowa reported that divorced and separated men had a higher risk of suicide than married men. Men and women of other unmarried status reportedly did not suVer any excess risk of suicide in comparison with their married counterparts. We have some reservation about the findings, and wish to point out two methodological problems that may have ...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Marital status and suicide: some common methodological problems

EDITOR,—In a recent paper published in this journal, Kposowa reported that divorced and separated men had a higher risk of suicide than married men. Men and women of other unmarried status reportedly did not suVer any excess risk of suicide in comparison with their married counterparts. We have some reservation about the findings, and wish to point out two methodological problems that may have ...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Marital status and suicide: some common methodological problems

EDITOR,—In a recent paper published in this journal, Kposowa reported that divorced and separated men had a higher risk of suicide than married men. Men and women of other unmarried status reportedly did not suVer any excess risk of suicide in comparison with their married counterparts. We have some reservation about the findings, and wish to point out two methodological problems that may have ...

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Marital status and suicide: some common methodological problems

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