"Geography of suicide in Hong Kong: Spatial patterning, and socioeconomic correlates and inequalities"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-203

  Hsu, Chia Yueh ^a,b   Chang, Shu Sen ^a,c   Lee, Esther S T ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Geographic variation; Hong Kong; Inequality; Mental health; Spatial analysis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923104018     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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