The National Survey of PICU and Low Secure Services: 1. Patient characteristics

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-12

  Pereira, Stephen ^a   Dawson, Paul ^a   Sarsam, May ^a  

^a NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

low secure services; patient characteristics; Psychiatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011437061     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17422206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646406000227     Document Type: Article

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