Urban/rural and gender differentials in suicide rates: East and West

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Yip, Paul S F ^a   Callanan, Chris ^c   Yuen, Hok Pan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gender differentials; Suicide rates; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034598428     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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