Does the death rate of Hong Kong Chinese change during the lunar ghost month?

Abstract

To protect their family, the Chinese women postpone death until after the hungry ghosts have been fed and hopefully banished forever.

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Subjects

• Female
• Folklore
• Hong Kong
• Humans
• Male
• Mortality
• Retrospective Studies
• Sex Distribution
• Time Factors

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Authors

• Nirmal S Panesar
• Colin A Graham

Publication date

2012-03-15

Journal

Journal topics

• Emergency Medicine

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Release reference

Emerg Med J. 2012 Apr;29(4):319-21

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