Differences in characteristics between suicide victims who left notes or not

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 145-149

  Kuwabara, Hideki ^a   Shioiri, Toshiki ^a   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^b   Abe, Ryo ^a   Nushida, Hideyuki ^c   Ueno, Yasuhiro ^c   Akazawa, Kohei ^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 leaver; Note writer; Suicide method; Suicide note; Suicide victim

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANGING; HOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

EID: 33746227778     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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