Deliberate self-poisoning and self-injur
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Keith Hawton; Joan Fagg
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Patients aged 55 and over who were referred to a general hospital between 1976 and 1987 because of self-poisoning or self-injury were studied. The 675 individuals comprised 8.7% of suicide attempters of all ages. The mean annual rate of attempts in the 55-64 year age group was almost double that of