Hospital admissions and deaths relating to deliberate self-harm and accidents within 5 years of a cancer diagnosis: A national study in Scotland, UK

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 752-757

  Camidge, D R ^a,d   Stockton, D L ^b   Frame, S ^b   Wood, R ^b   Bain, M ^b   Bateman, D N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Deliberate self harm; Relative risk; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SCOTLAND; SUICIDE;

EID: 33847753096     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603617     Document Type: Article

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