Causes and prevention of suicide in Mie Prefecture, Japan

International Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-276

  Inoue, Ken ^a,b   Tanii, Hisashi ^a   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^c   Abe, Shuntaro ^d   Nishimura, Fusae ^e   Kimura, Yukiko ^e   Hanagama, Masakazu ^a   Shinone, Koutaro ^a   Nishimura, Yukika ^a   Nishida, Atsushi ^a   Kajiki, Naomi ^a   Yokoyama, Chika ^a,b   Kaiya, Hisanobu ^b   Okazaki, Yuji ^a,f   Nata, Masayuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Government   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Preventive medicine; Psychiatric disorders; Suffering from physical illness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHIATRIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846079356     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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