Non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: Associated triggers and motivations Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rajapakse, Thilini ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen Margaret ^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

POISON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; COMPLICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POISONS; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948415884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2435-5     Document Type: Article

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