Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: A population based cohort study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 400-406

  Tyrrell, Edward G ^a   Orton, Elizabeth ^a   Tata, Laila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; POISONING; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84970024137     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041901     Document Type: Article

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