Women victims of self-inflicted burns in Tabriz, Iran

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-220

  Maghsoudi, Hemmat ^a   Garadagi, Abasad ^a   Jafary, Golam Ali ^a   Azarmir, Gila ^a   Aali, Nahid ^a   Karimian, Bahram ^a   Tabrizi, Mahnaze ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burn; East Azarbaijan; Iran; Self burning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CITY; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; READING; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 1842634451     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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