Alcohol and drugs in suicides

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-80

  Ohberg, Annakatri ^a,c   Vuori, Erkki ^a   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^a   Lonnqvist, Jouko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Department of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DOXEPIN; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RISK; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029780299     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.1.75     Document Type: Article

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