Social and economic burden of suicides in Hong Kong SAR: A year of life lost perspective

Crisis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 156-159

  Yip, Paul ^a   Liu, Ka Y ^a   Law, C K ^a   Law, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong SAR; Priority; Suicide; Years of life lost (YLL)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 32144435987     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.26.4.156     Document Type: Article

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