Deliberate self-inflicted trauma: Population demographics, the nature of injury and a comparison with patients who overdose

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 120-125

  Taylor, David McD ^a,c,d   Cameron, Peter A ^b  

^a BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Centre ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031802793     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01155.x     Document Type: Article

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