Suicide by self-inflicted burns

Burns

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 381-383

  Hadjiiski, O ^a,b   Todorov, P ^a  

^a Emergency Medical Institute Pirogov   (Bulgaria)

^b Inst de Med d'Urgence Pirogov   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; BURN; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030222288     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(95)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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