National suicide surveillance system: Experience in Taiwan

HEALTHCOM 2006: Mobile E-Health for Developing Countries - 2006 8th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 160-164

  Chiang, Hung Chi ^a   Chen, Heng Shuen ^b   Tai, Chuan Wan ^c   Lee, Ming Been ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center

Author keywords

High risk group prevention; National suicide surveillance system; On line reporting

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RISK GROUP PREVENTION; NATIONAL SUICIDE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ON-LINE REPORTING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY; SAFETY FACTOR; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42549163793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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