Suicide among adults aged 30-49: A psychological autopsy study in Hong Kong

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wong, Paul W C ^a   Chan, Wincy S C ^a   Chen, Eric Y H ^a   Chan, Sandra S M ^b   Law, Y W ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONER; COURT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 44849098995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-147     Document Type: Article

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