Suicide in Hong Kong: A case-control psychological autopsy study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-825

  Chen, Eric Y H ^a   Chan, Wincy S C ^a   Wong, Paul W C ^a   Chan, Sandra S M ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Law, Y W ^a   Beh, Philip S L ^a   Chan, K K ^a   Cheng, Joanne W Y ^a   Liu, Ka Y ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33646719033     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706007240     Document Type: Article

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