Classic philosophy lessons and preventing self-inflicted burns: A call for action

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-155

  Ahmadi, Alireza ^a   Mohammadi, Reza ^b   Schwebel, David C ^c   Hassanzadeh, Mehdi ^d   Yari, Mitra ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LETTER; PHILOSOPHY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

BURNS; CULTURE; HUMANS; IRAN; PHILOSOPHY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 58149201173     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.05.022     Document Type: Letter

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