Information Accessibility of the Charcoal Burning Suicide Method in Mainland China
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Information Accessibility of the Charcoal Burning Suicide Method in Mainland China
BACKGROUND There has been a marked rise in suicide by charcoal burning (CB) in some East Asian countries but little is known about its incidence in mainland China. We examined media-reported CB suicides and the availability of online information about the method in mainland China. METHODS We extracted and analyzed data for i) the characteristics and trends of fatal and nonfatal CB suicides re...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140686