Suicide rates among working-age adults in South Korea before and after the 2008 economic crisis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-252

  Chan, Chee Hon ^a   Caine, Eric D ^b,c   You, Sungeun ^d   Fu, King Wa ^a   Chang, Shu Sen ^a   Yip, Paul Siu Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^d Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME; TIME-SERIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; SUICIDE; TIME-SERIES;

ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894070377     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202759     Document Type: Article

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