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The Evolution of the Epidemic of Charcoal-Burning Suicide in Taiwan: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis

BACKGROUND: An epidemic of carbon monoxide poisoning suicide by burning barbecue charcoal has occurred in East Asia in the last decade. We investigated the spatial and temporal evolution of the epidemic to assess its impact on the epidemiology of suicide in Taiwan. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Age-standard...

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Autores principales: Chang, Shu-Sen, Gunnell, David, Wheeler, Benedict W., Yip, Paul, Sterne, Jonathan A. C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20052273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000212