Characteristics of Chinese suicide attempters: An emergency room study

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-268

  Zhang, Jie ^a,c   Jia, Shuhua ^b   Jiang, Chao ^b   Sun, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 31544453646     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180500493443     Document Type: Article

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