The suicide mortality rates between 1997-1998 and 2000-2001 in Nantou County of Taiwan following the earthquake of September 21 in 1999

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199-202

  Liaw, Yung Po ^a   Wang, Po Wen ^a   Huang, Chiu Chin ^b   Chang, Chia Ming ^c   Lee, Wen Chung ^d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age standardized mortality rate; Earthquake; Forensic science; Standardized mortality ratio; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 39049120752     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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