A multicenter retrospective survey on a suicide trend using hydrogen sulfide in Japan

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 425-428

  Kamijo, Yoshito ^a   Takai, Michiko ^a   Fujita, Yuji ^b   Hirose, Yasuo ^c   Iwasaki, Yasumasa ^d   Ishihara, Satoshi ^e  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrogen sulfide suicide; Internet; Media; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIDOTES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; JAPAN; MALE; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84878279562     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.799676     Document Type: Article

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