Suicide by burns: A tragic end

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-339

  Mabrouk, Amr R ^a,b   Omar, Abdel Nasser Mahmod ^a   Massoud, Karim ^a   Sherif, Mahmod Magdy ^a   El Sayed, Nahla ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KEROSENE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0345211574     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00179-X     Document Type: Article

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