Economic fluctuations and suicide: A comparison of Taiwan and Hong Kong

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2083-2090

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a,b   Yip, Paul S F ^c   Lee, Carmen ^c   Fan, Hsiang Fang ^a   Fu, King Wa ^c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Charcoal burning suicide; Economic fluctuations; Hong Kong; Suicide; Taiwan; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC FLUCTUATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHARCOAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; HONG KONG; TAIWAN;

EID: 78649451976     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.043     Document Type: Article

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