Suicide Methods in Asia: Implications in Suicide Prevention
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Suicide Methods in Asia: Implications in Suicide Prevention
As the largest continent in the World, Asia accounts for about 60% of World suicides. Preventing suicide by restricting access to suicide methods is one of the few evidence-based suicide prevention strategies. However, there has been a lack of systematic exploration of suicide methods in Asian countries. To amend this shortage, the current review examines the leading suicide methods in differen...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9041135