Self-inflicted burns: An eight year retrospective study in Finland

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-447

  Palmu, Raimo ^a,b,e   Isometsä, Erkki ^b   Suominen, Kirsi ^b,d   Vuola, Jyrki ^c   Leppävuori, Antero ^c   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^b  

^a Helsinki City Health Center   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Burns; Sociodemographic factors; Suicide attempt; TBSA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PSYCHIATRIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 3042545581     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.01.020     Document Type: Article

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