Total serum cholesterol levels and suicide attempts in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 615-619

  Plana, Teresa ^a   Gracia, R ^b   Mendez I ^c   Pintor, L ^a   Lazaro, L ^a,d   Castro Fornieles, J ^a,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child; Cholesterol; Inpatients; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77956948513     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-009-0084-x     Document Type: Article

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