Repetition of acute poisoning in Oslo: 1-Year prospective study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Heyerdahl, Fridtjof ^a   Bjornaas, Mari Asphjell ^a,b   Dahl, Rune ^b   Hovda, Knut Erik ^a   Nore, Anne Kathrine ^c   Ekeberg, Oivind ^a,b   Jacobsen, Dag ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Oslo Emergency Ward   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OVERDOSE; RECURRENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149400867     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.048322     Document Type: Article

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