Deliberate self-poisoning in Asian and Caucasian 12-15-year-olds.

McGibben, L; Ballard, C G; Handy, S; Mohan, R N; Silveira, W R · Br J Psychiatry · 1992

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

The mean annual rates of hospital admission for deliberate self-poisoning were calculated for Caucasian and Asian 12-15-year-olds between 1982 and 1990 as 2.31 and 2.47 per 1000 respectively. There was an excess of girls in each group.

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