Suicides by jumping from a height in Hong Kong: A review of coroner court files

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-219

  Wong, Paul W C ^a   Caine, Eric D ^b,c   Lee, Carmen K M ^a   Beautrais, Annette ^d   Yip, Paul S F ^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 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access to suicide means; Case record study; Coroner court file; Hong Kong; Jumping; Residential suicides; Suicide; Suicides by jumping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84896736991     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0743-6     Document Type: Article

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