A follow-up study of adults with suicidal burns: Psychosocial adjustment and quality of life

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 844-851

  Daigeler, Adrien ^a   Langer, Stefan ^a   Hüllmann, Kathrin ^a   Illes, Franziska ^b   Juckel, Georg ^b   Echterhoff, Silke ^b   Selbach, David ^b   Steinstr̈er, Lars ^a   Steinau, Hans Ulrich ^a   Lehnhardt, Marcus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; METHADONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 70349684600     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181b48118     Document Type: Article

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