Suicide risk in relation to social class: A national register-based study of adult suicides in Korea, 1999-2001

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-151

  Kim, Moon Doo ^a   Hong, Seong Chul ^a   Lee, Sang Yi ^a   Kwak, Young Sook ^a   Lee, Chang In ^a   Hwang, Seung Wook ^a   Shin, Tae Kyun ^b   Lee, Seung Min ^a   Shin, Ji Nam ^a  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33645515714     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006061254     Document Type: Article

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