The ecological fallacy and the gender ratio of suicide in China

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 189, Issue NOV., 2006, Pages 465-466

  Yip, Paul S F ^a   Liu, Ka Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33750581296     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.021816     Document Type: Article

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