Pediatric intentional self-poisoning evaluated in the emergency department: an international study - Gonzalez-Urdiales P, Kuppermann N, Dalziel SR, Prego J, Benito J, Mintegi S.

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a growing public health problem during late childhood and adolescence. The leading method of suicide attempts in this age group is intentional self-poisoning. A first self-poisoning episode is a strong predictor of subsequent suicide...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news