Estimating the risk for suicide following the suicide deaths of 3 Asian entertainment celebrities: A meta-analytic approach

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 869-878

  Fu, King Wa ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649206106     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04240     Document Type: Article

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