Suicides in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 495-500

  Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029764347     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.4.495     Document Type: Article

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