The impact of improving suicide death classification in South Korea: A comparison with Japan and Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chan, Chee Hon ^a   Caine, Eric D ^b   Chang, Shu Sen ^a,c   Lee, Won Jin ^d   Cha, Eun Shil ^d   Yip, Paul Siu Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; REGISTRATION; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; DEATH; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

DEATH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JAPAN; MORTALITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84930661768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125730     Document Type: Article

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