Suicide by burning: Epidemiological and clinical profiles

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-343

  Theodorou, Panagiotis ^a,c   Phan, Vu T Q ^a   Weinand, Christian ^a   Maegele, Marc ^a   Maurer, Christoph A ^b   Perbix, Walter ^a   Leitsch, Sebastian ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^a   Spilker, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Hospital of Liestal   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

burn injury; epidemiology; Germany; self immolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG BURN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952902315     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182071f83     Document Type: Article

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