A case of 'cybersuicide' attempt using chloroform

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gosselink, Manon J ^a   Siegel, Andrea M ^a   Suk, Eefje ^a   Giltay, Erik J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLOROFORM; CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERNET; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYDRIASIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PH MEASUREMENT; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; CHLOROFORM; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SOLVENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862756331     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.01.001     Document Type: Letter

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