Drug overdose in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-36

  Malik, Gaafar Mohammed ^a,c   Bilal, Ali ^a   Mekki, Tag Elsir ^b   Al Kinany, Hashim ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0029880139     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.33     Document Type: Article

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