Suicide notes in Hong Kong in 2000

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-381

  Wong, Paul W C ^a   Yeung, April W M ^a   Chan, Wincy S C ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a   Tang, Arthur K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TIME; WRITING;

ADULT; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64849109451     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802705791     Document Type: Article

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