Increased use of medicinal drugs in self-harm in Urban areas in Sri Lanka

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 366-369

  De Silva, Varuni ^a   Ratnayake, Athula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Overdose; Paracetamol; Sri Lanka; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 53349119507     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110802325265     Document Type: Article

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