Association between the accessibility to lethal methods and method-specific suicide rates: An ecological study in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1074-1079

  Lin, Jin Jia ^a   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33747178935     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n0709     Document Type: Article

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