Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 107, Issue 10 , Pages 811-815 , October 2008

Charcoal Burning and Maternal Filicide-Suicide Trends in Taiwan: The Impact of Accessibility of Lethal Methods

  • Yi-Ju Pan

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Been Lee

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Taiwan
    • Departments of Psychiatry and Social Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Been Lee, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 22 April 2008 ,Revised 26 May 2008 ,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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PII: S0929-6646(08)60195-3

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60195-3

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 107, Issue 10 , Pages 811-815 , October 2008

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