Who attempts suicide by burning? An analysis of age patterns of mortality by self-inflicted burning in the United States

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-250

  Thombs, Brett D ^a   Bresnick, Melissa G ^b   Magyar Russell, Gina ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychosis; Substance related disorder; Suicide by burning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PSYCHOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247619410     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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