Trends in solids/liquids poisoning suicide rates in Taiwan: A test of the substitution hypothesis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lin, Jin Jia ^a,b,c   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053174227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-712     Document Type: Article

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