The impact of pesticide suicide on the geographic distribution of suicide in Taiwan: A spatial analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Shu Sen ^a,b,c   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^d   Sterne, Jonathan Ac ^a   Eddleston, Michael ^e   Lin, Jin Jia ^d,f,g   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Ju Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecological studies; Mapping; Pesticide; Suicide; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84859122938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-260     Document Type: Article

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