Trends in deliberate self poisoning and self injury in Oxford, 1976-90.
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Trends in deliberate self poisoning and self injury in Oxford, 1976-90.
OBJECTIVE To review trends in deliberate self poisoning and self injury (attempted suicide) over 15 years (1976-90) on the basis of general hospital referrals. DESIGN Prospective data collection by computerised monitoring system. SETTING Teaching general hospital. SUBJECTS All patients aged 15 and over (n = 9605) referred to the hospital after episodes (n = 13,340) of deliberate self pois...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.304.6839.1409