Spatiotemporal variation and social determinants of suicide in China, 2006-2012: Findings from a nationally representative mortality surveillance system

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3259-3268

  Liu, S ^a   Page, A ^b   Yin, P ^a   Astell Burt, T ^b,c   Feng, X ^b,d   Liu, Y ^a   Liu, J ^a   Wang, L ^a   Zhou, M ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; mortality; social determinants; suicide; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944279738     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291715001269     Document Type: Article

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