Culture, risk factors and suicide in rural China: A psychological autopsy case control study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 430-437

  Zhang, Jie ^a,d   Conwell, Y ^b   Zhou, L ^c   Jiang, C ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Family; Psychological autopsy; Religion; Risk factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGATIVE LIFE EVENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE;

EID: 9444235100     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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