Those who are left behind: An estimate of the number of family members of suicide victims in Japan

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-544

  Chen, Joe ^a   Choi, Yun Jeong ^a   Mori, Kohta ^b   Sawada, Yasuyuki ^a   Sugano, Saki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereaved family members; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SUICIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 70849133452     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9448-3     Document Type: Article

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