Self-inflicted burns in Athens, Greece: A six-year retrospective study

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-78

  Tsati, Evangelia ^a,b   Iconomou, Thomais ^a   Tzivaridou, Despina ^a   Keramidas, Evangelos ^a   Papadopoulos, Stefanos ^a   Tsoutsos, Dimosthenis ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FACE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 12144272059     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000150304.30777.C8     Document Type: Article

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