Suicide attempt by self-poisoning: Characteristics of suicide attempters seen at the emergency room at the university hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 526-531

  Williams Johnson, J ^a   Williams, E ^a   Gossell Williams, M ^a   Sewell, C A ^a   Abel, W D ^a   Whitehorne Smith, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Jamaica; Self poisoning; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BLEACHING AGENT; CAFFEINE; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HERBICIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KEROSENE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAINT; PARACETAMOL; PESTICIDE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CONFLICT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872585924     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2012.209     Document Type: Article

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