The impact of epidemic outbreak: The case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and suicide among older adults in Hong Kong

Crisis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-92

  Yip, Paul S F ^a   Cheung, Y T ^b   Chau, P H ^a   Law, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Older adults; Poisson regression; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 77957062447     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000015     Document Type: Article

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