A comparison of non-fatal self-poisoning among males and females, in Sri Lanka

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rajapakse, Thilini ^a,b   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^b   Christensen, Helen ^c   Cotton, Sue ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALCOHOL; PLANT TOXIN; POISON;

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; INTOXICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905869927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0221-z     Document Type: Article

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