Demographic risk factors of self-immolation: A case-control study

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 580-586

  Ahmadi, Alireza ^a   Mohammadi, Reza ^b   Schwebel, David C ^c   Khazaie, Habibolah ^a   Yeganeh, Naser ^a   Almasi, Afshin ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Deliberate self inflicted burns; Iran; Risk factors; Self immolation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH ORDER; BODY IMAGE; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 63549109244     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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