Gambling and completed suicide in Hong Kong: A review of coroner court files

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Wong, Paul W C ^a   Cheung, Derek Y T ^b   Conner, Kenneth R ^c   Conwell, Yeates ^c   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COURT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 79251513931     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.09m00932blu     Document Type: Review

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