Attempted suicide by Chinese elderly in Hong Kong

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 444-447

  Chiu, Helen F K ^a,b   Lam, Linda C W ^a   Pang, Alfred H T ^a   Leung, C M ^a   Wong, C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030297282     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(96)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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