Suicide notes: What do they tell us

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 467-473

  Ho, T P ^a   Yip, P S F ^b   Chiu, C W F ^b   Halliday, P ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Police Force   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031678372     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10121.x     Document Type: Article

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