A cross-ethnic comparison on incidence of suicide

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1213-1221

  Liu, I C ^a   Liao, S F ^b   Lee, W C ^b   Kao, C Y ^c   Jenkins, R ^d   Cheng, A T A ^e  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; incidence; population attributable fraction; suicide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955989177     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001807     Document Type: Article

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