The rate of fatality and demographic characteristics associated with various suicide methods

Crisis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 245-252

  Lee, Chun Yi ^a   Wu, Ya Wen ^b   Chen, Chih Ken ^b,c   Wang, Liang Jen ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Charcoal burning; Gender; Lethality; Means of suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; DROWNING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; DROWNING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN;

EID: 84906088117     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000266     Document Type: Article

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