Correlates and short-term course of self-poisoning in adolescents

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JAN., 1996, Pages 38-42

  Kerfoot, Michael ^a   Dyer, Elizabeth ^b   Harrington, Val ^a   Woodham, Adrine ^a   Harrington, Richard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; SELF POISONING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030010709     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.1.38     Document Type: Article

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