Citation

Park BC, Lester D. Psychol. Rep. 2012; 111(2): 495-497.

Affiliation

Penn State University, Health and Human Development, Dubois 15801, PA, USA. bcp10@psu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23234093

Abstract

Suicide rates in 2005 in South Korea were higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Those in rural areas more often used pesticides and chemicals as a method for suicide, and there was a greater proportion of men and the elderly, both groups at higher risk for suicide in South Korea. These three factors may account for the high rural suicide rate in South Korea.

Language: en