Analysis of the high-risk age group of suicide in South Korea-Comparison of Japan and South Korea

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-105

  Inoue, Ken ^a   Tanii, Hisashi ^b   Nata, Masayuki ^b   Fujita, Yoshitsugu ^c   Ono, Yuichiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149123030     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.018     Document Type: Letter

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