Shu Sen Chang

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bristol
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Was the economic crisis 1997-1998 responsible for rising suicide rates in East/Southeast Asia? A time-trend analysis for Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand
    Shu Sen Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Soc Sci Med 68:1322-31. 2009
  2. ncbi Association of secular trends in unemployment with suicide in Taiwan, 1959-2007: a time-series analysis
    S S Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Public Health 124:49-54. 2010
  3. ncbi Factors associated with the decline in suicide by pesticide poisoning in Taiwan: a time trend analysis, 1987-2010
    Shu Sen Chang
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 50:471-80. 2012
  4. ncbi Geography of suicide in Taiwan: spatial patterning and socioeconomic correlates
    Shu Sen Chang
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
    Health Place 17:641-50. 2011
  5. ncbi 'Hidden' suicides amongst deaths certified as undetermined intent, accident by pesticide poisoning and accident by suffocation in Taiwan
    Shu Sen Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:143-52. 2010
  6. ncbi The evolution of the epidemic of charcoal-burning suicide in Taiwan: a spatial and temporal analysis
    Shu Sen Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
    PLoS Med 7:e1000212. 2010
  7. ncbi The impact of pesticide suicide on the geographic distribution of suicide in Taiwan: a spatial analysis
    Shu Sen Chang
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    BMC Public Health 12:260. 2012
  8. ncbi Suicide epidemics: the impact of newly emerging methods on overall suicide rates - a time trends study
    Kyla Thomas
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    BMC Public Health 11:314. 2011

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Was the economic crisis 1997-1998 responsible for rising suicide rates in East/Southeast Asia? A time-trend analysis for Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand
    Shu Sen Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Soc Sci Med 68:1322-31. 2009
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  2. ncbi Association of secular trends in unemployment with suicide in Taiwan, 1959-2007: a time-series analysis
    S S Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Public Health 124:49-54. 2010
    ..This study aimed to investigate the relationship between secular trends in unemployment and suicide in Taiwan...
  3. ncbi Factors associated with the decline in suicide by pesticide poisoning in Taiwan: a time trend analysis, 1987-2010
    Shu Sen Chang
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 50:471-80. 2012
    ..We investigated trends in pesticide suicide, and factors associated with such trends, in Taiwan, a rapidly developing East Asian country...
  4. ncbi Geography of suicide in Taiwan: spatial patterning and socioeconomic correlates
    Shu Sen Chang
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
    Health Place 17:641-50. 2011
    ..Spatial patterning of suicide in Taiwan differed from that observed in Western nations. Suicide prevention strategies should take into account unique local patterns...
  5. ncbi 'Hidden' suicides amongst deaths certified as undetermined intent, accident by pesticide poisoning and accident by suffocation in Taiwan
    Shu Sen Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:143-52. 2010
    ..To identify cause-of-death categories in which suicides might be misclassified in Taiwan...
  6. ncbi The evolution of the epidemic of charcoal-burning suicide in Taiwan: a spatial and temporal analysis
    Shu Sen Chang
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
    PLoS Med 7:e1000212. 2010
    ..We investigated the spatial and temporal evolution of the epidemic to assess its impact on the epidemiology of suicide in Taiwan...
  7. ncbi The impact of pesticide suicide on the geographic distribution of suicide in Taiwan: a spatial analysis
    Shu Sen Chang
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    BMC Public Health 12:260. 2012
    ..This study aims to investigate geographic variations in pesticide suicide and their impact on the spatial distribution of suicide in Taiwan...
  8. ncbi Suicide epidemics: the impact of newly emerging methods on overall suicide rates - a time trends study
    Kyla Thomas
    School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    BMC Public Health 11:314. 2011
    ..We examine the emergence of three novel methods of suicide by gassing in the 20th and 21st centuries and determine the impact of emerging methods on overall suicide rates...