Problems in estimating the number of suicides by charcoal burning in Taiwan

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-

  Lin, Jin Jia ^a   Chen, Lea Hua ^d   Huang, Shiuh Ming ^d   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^b,c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Office of Statistics   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL;

DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

CHARCOAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SMOKE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 44349186898     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065771     Document Type: Letter

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