A population-based analysis of increasing rates of suicide mortality in Japan and South Korea, 1985-2010

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jeon, Sun Y ^a   Reither, Eric N ^a   Masters, Ryan K ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Intrinsic estimator model; Japan; South Korea; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SUICIDE; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007524816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3020-2     Document Type: Article

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