Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 231-237 , May 2011

Proximal risk factors and suicide methods among suicide completers from national suicide mortality data 2004-2006 in Korea

  • Jeong-Soo Im

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon Medical School, Incheon, Korea
    • ,
  • Soon Ho Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, Seoul 138-736, Korea
    • ,
  • Duho Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Education, Gachon Medical School, Incheon Graduate School of Public, Health, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
    • ,
  • Hwa Jeong Seo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Education, Gachon Medical School, Incheon Graduate School of Public, Health, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
    • ,
  • Subin Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, Seoul 138-736, Korea
    • ,
  • Jin Pyo Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, Seoul 138-736, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 3010 3421; fax: +82 2 485 8381.

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 This study was supported by the Health Promotion Fund, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (07-37).

PII: S0010-440X(10)00096-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.07.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 231-237 , May 2011

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