The economic and potential years of life lost from suicide in Taiwan, 1997-2007

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-159

  Law, Chi Kin ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^b   Chen, Ying Yeh ^c,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Potential years of life lost; Present value of lifetime earnings; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 79959406210     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000070     Document Type: Article

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