Frequency and clinical features of patients who attempted suicide by charcoal burning in Japan

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-135

  Kato, Koji ^a   Akama, Fumiaki ^a   Yamada, Keigo ^a   Maehara, Mizuki ^a   Kimoto, Keitaro ^a   Kimoto, Kousuke ^a   Takahashi, Yuki ^a   Sato, Reiko ^a   Onishi, Yuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charcoal burning; Depression; Japanese; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARCOAL BURNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBUSTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CHARCOAL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872852944     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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