Attempted suicide by self-immolation is a powerful predictive variable for survival of burn injuries

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 642-648

  Forster, Natasha A ^a   Nuñez, David Garcia ^a   Zingg, Matthias ^a   Haile, Sarah R ^b   Künzi, Walter ^a   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Guggenheim, Merlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED BURNS SEVERITY INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF IMMOLATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866373440     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182479b28     Document Type: Article

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