A closer look at the increase in suicide rates in South Korea from 1986-2005

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kwon, Jin Won ^a,b   Chun, Heeran ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; INCOME; INDUSTRY; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDUSTRY; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 64649086009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-72     Document Type: Article

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