Factors associated with self-cutting as a method of self-harm: Findings from the Irish National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-297

  Arensman, Ella ^a   Larkin, Celine ^a   Corcoran, Paul ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^b   Perry, Ivan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84897370712     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt087     Document Type: Article

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