Suicide in Singapore: A changing sex ratio over the last decade

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Parker, G ^a,b   Yap, H L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sex ratio; Singapore; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0040155006     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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