Deliberate ingestion of foreign bodies by institutionalised psychiatric hospital patients and prison inmates

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 294-296

  O'Sullivan, S T ^a   Reardon, C M ^a   McGreal, G T ^a   Hehir, D J ^a   Kirwan, W O ^a   Brady, M P ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INGESTION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRISONER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029826569     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02943095     Document Type: Article

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