Establishing a clinical database for hospital attendances because of self-harm

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 137-139

  Horrocks, Judith ^a   House, Allan ^a   Owens, David ^a  

^a Acad Unit of Psychiat/Behav Sci   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MONITORING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 1842865031     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.4.137     Document Type: Article

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