Self-inflicted burns

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 519-521

  Cameron, Donald R ^a   Pegg, Stuart P ^a   Muller, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burn; Self immolation; Self inflicted; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLAMMABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030658907     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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