Suicide attempts by self-immolation-our experience

P. Ben Meir; A. Sagi; Y. Ben Yakar; L. Rosenberg

doi:10.1016/0305-4179(90)90135-J

Suicide attempts by self-immolation-our experience

P. Ben Meir, A. Sagi, Y. Ben Yakar, L. Rosenberg

Medical School for International Health

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Of 5934 patients admitted to our Burns' Unit at the Soroka University Hospital, Beer-Sheva, Israel between the years 1965 and 1986, 22 had attempted suicide by fire (0.37 per cent). Seventeen of them (77 per cent) died from their burns. The use of flammable liquids was the most common method of immolation. Fifty per cent of the victims were known to have previous mental disorders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-258
Number of pages	2
Journal	Burns
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-4179(90)90135-J
State	Published - 1 Aug 1990

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Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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