Suicide methods used by women in Korea, Sweden, Taiwan and the United States

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 452-459

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a   Park, Nam Soo ^b   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Poisoning; Suicide; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANGING; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF POISONING; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651250992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60092-9     Document Type: Article

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