An overview of suicide research in china

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-184

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Jia, Shuhua ^b   Wieczorek, William F ^a   Jiang, Chao ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Gender; Rural methods; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036949420     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110208951174     Document Type: Article

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