Self-poisoning suicides in England: A multicentre study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 589-597

  Kapur, N ^a   Turnbull, P ^a   Hawton, K ^b   Simkin, S ^b   Sutton, L ^b   Mackway Jones, K ^c   Bennewith, O ^d   Gunnell, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDOTE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYANIDE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUMAZENIL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; MOOD STABILIZER; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DYING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 26444575475     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci089     Document Type: Article

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