Presentation of near-hanging to an emergency department in the Northern Territory

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-31

  Davidson, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indigenous peoples; Near hanging; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MISUSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0037295841     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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