Journal article
Population-based study of medically treated self-inflicted injuries
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Self-inflicted injury is commonly seen in emergency departments (EDs). It may be a pre-cursor to death by suicide. The objective of this study was to examine the epidemiology of self-inflicted injury presentations to EDs in the province of Alberta.
METHODS: Self-inflicted injury records for the 3 fiscal years 1998/99 to 2000/01 were accessed from the Ambulatory Care Classification System, a database that captures all ED encounters in …
Authors
Colman I; Yiannakoulias N; Schopflocher D; Svenson LW; Rosychuk RJ; Rowe BH
Journal
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 313–320
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2004
DOI
10.1017/s148180350000957x
ISSN
1481-8035