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

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

Charcoal burning has emerged as a novel suicide method in Taiwan and its impact on maternal filicide-suicide (MFS) remains unexplored. Using official national mortality data and reports of MFS cases from electronic newspaper archives, the authors aimed to examine whether the newly available charcoal...

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Main Authors: Yi-Ju Pan, Ming-Been Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-10-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
charcoal
maternal behavior
murder
preventive measures
suicide
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608601953

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