Estimation of the rate and number of underreported deliberate self-poisoning attempts in western Iran in 2015

OBJECTIVES Rates of attempted deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) are subject to undercounting, underreporting, and denial of the suicide attempt. In this study, we estimated the rate of underreported DSP, which is the most common method of attempted suicide in Iran. METHODS We estimated the rate and nu...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Moradinazar, Farid Najafi, Mohammad Reza Baneshi, Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2017-06-01
Series:Epidemiology and Health
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Online Access:http://www.e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-39-e2017023.pdf