Is suicide mortality associated with meteorological and socio-economic factors? An ecological study in a city in Taiwan with a high suicide rate

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-158

  Wu, Ya Wen ^a   Chen, Chih Ken ^a,b   Wang, Liang Jen ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic; Gender; Meteorologic; Method of suicide; Suicide; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCOME; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 84902583920     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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