Self-poisoning and self-injury in adults

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 509-512

  Horrocks, Judith ^a   House, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0036863446     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-6-509     Document Type: Review

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