Incidence of note-leaving remains constant despite increasing suicide rates

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-228

  Shioiri, Toshiki ^a   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^b   Akazawa, Kohei ^a   Abe, Ryo ^a   Nushida, Hideyuki ^c   Ueno, Yasuhiro ^c   Kojika Maruyama, Maki ^a   Someya, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Note leaving; Suicide note; Suicide rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE NOTE;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 17144430512     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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