Suicide rates in China from 2002 to 2011: An update

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 929-941

  Wang, Chong Wen ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Male to female ratio; Mortality; Suicide rate; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901500062     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0789-5     Document Type: Review

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