Suicide rates declined in China: The social, cultural and economic factors

<p>The suicide rates in the world have been growing in the past century [1] and the rates in the United States have rapidly increased by about 33%, from 10.5 per 100,000 population in 1999 to 14.0 in 2017 [2], regardless of prevention efforts with affluent funding [3]. On the other hand, the o...

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Main Author: Jie Zhang (Author)
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Published: Archives of Preventive Medicine - Peertechz Publications, 2020-12-31.
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