Characteristics of self-immolation attempts in Akita Prefecture, Japan

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 691-696

  Nakae, Hajime ^a   Zheng, Ya Juan ^a   Wada, Hiroshi ^a   Tajimi, Kimitaka ^a   Endo, Shigeatsu ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akita Prefecture; Epidemiology; Self immolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0141889014     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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