High prevalence of medicine-induced attempted suicides among females in Nuuk, Greenland, 2008-2009
| العنوان: | High prevalence of medicine-induced attempted suicides among females in Nuuk, Greenland, 2008-2009 |
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| المؤلفون: | Michael Lynge Pedersen, Gitte Hansen Drachmann, Lars Heymann Bloch |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Vol 72 (2013) International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
| بيانات النشر: | Co-Action Publishing, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Health (social science), Adolescent, paracetamol, Epidemiology, Greenland, sexual abuse, Poison control, Nonprescription Drugs, Suicide, Attempted, Suicide prevention, Occupational safety and health, Young Adult, neglected children, vulnerability to emotional stress, Sex Factors, Risk Factors, Supplement 1, 2013, Injury prevention, Prevalence, Humans, Medicine, Young adult, Psychiatry, Acetaminophen, emotional crises, business.industry, alcohol problems, Incidence, Incidence (epidemiology), Age Factors, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine, psychosocial problems, Middle Aged, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Sexual abuse, Featured Presentations, Female, business, Psychosocial, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background. The suicide rate in Greenland, especially among men, is among the highest in the world. Attempted suicide rates may be high also. However, the rates of attempted suicide are unknown. Objective. We aimed to estimate the age- and gender-specific incidence of attempted suicide using medicine in Nuuk in 20082009. Design. An observational retrospective study of consecutive medical records on patients admitted to Dronning Ingrids Hospital in Nuuk in 2008-2009 with possible medicine intoxication. Results. Seventy-four (60 females and 14 men) cases of attempted suicide using medicine were included. Of those, 43 used paracetamol alone or in combination with other medicine. The incidence of attempted suicide using medicine was higher among females than males (p |
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| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1239-9736 1797-237X |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::fc8d655dcd4a2f08f5bcfe66d80ca880Test http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/21687Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....fc8d655dcd4a2f08f5bcfe66d80ca880 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 12399736 1797237X |
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