Suicide in Asia and the Far East

The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 29-48

  Cheng, Andrew T A ^a   Lee, Chau Shoun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analysis of patterns; Culture specific types of suicide; Non fatal suicidal behaviour; Psychiatric risk factors; Social risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949796274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470698976.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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