Geography of suicide in Taiwan: Spatial patterning and socioeconomic correlates

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 641-650

  Chang, Shu Sen ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Wheeler, Benedict W ^b   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^c   Lin, Jin Jia ^d   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Ecological study; Mapping; Socioeconomic environment; Suicide; Suicide methods

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79952488970     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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