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The hospital management of fatal self-poisoning in industrialized countries: an opportunity for suicide prevention?
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Suicide by self-poisoning is a prevalent cause of death worldwide. A substantial proportion of individuals who poison themselves come into contact with medical services before they die. Our focus in the current study was the medical management of drug self-poisoning in industrialized countries and its possible contribution to suicide prevention. We reviewed the literature to determine the proportion of self-poisoning suicides who reach hospital alive, the sociodemographic and clinical charact...
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- 10.1521/suli.2006.36.3.302
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- Journal:
- Suicide and life-threatening behavior
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 302-312
- Publication date:
- 2006-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1943-278X
- ISSN:
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0363-0234
- Source identifiers:
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168338
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- English
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- pubs:168338
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- 2006
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