Health care use by victims of charcoal-burning suicide in Taiwan

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a,b   Liao, Shih Cheng ^c,d   Lee, Ming Been ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHARCOAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 58149520490     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.1.126     Document Type: Letter

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