Suicide letters in Singapore

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-81

  Chia, Boon Hock ^a,c   Chia, Audrey ^a   Tai, Bee Choo ^b  

^a Chia's Clinic   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Tanglin Shopping Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Singapore; Suicide; Suicide letters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SINGAPORE; SUICIDE;

EID: 38849154244     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110701801069     Document Type: Article

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