Estimation of reporting delay and suicide incidence in Hong Kong

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-476

  Cui, Jisheng S ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^b   Chau, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong SAR; Horvitz Thompson estimator; Poisoning; Reporting delay; Suicide; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANDATORY REPORTING; MONITORING; PARAMETRIC TEST; SELF POISONING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0842281900     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1604     Document Type: Article

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