@article{ref1,
title="Women victims of self-inflicted burns in Tabriz, Iran",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2004",
author="Maghsoudi, Hemmat and Garadagi, Abasad and Jafary, Golam Ali and Azarmir, Gila and Aali, Nahid and Karimian, Bahram and Tabrizi, Mahnaze",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="217-220",
abstract="From 20 March 1998 through 20 March 2002, a total of 412 cases of self-burning were admitted to the burn center of East Azarbaijan, located in the city of Tabriz, Iran. The average age was 25.5 years; 99% of self-burning cases were female. A total of 76.5% of those patients were in the 15-19 and 20-29 year age groups. Most cases were married, housekeepers and illiterate and poor. Seventy-five percent of the patients had impulsive suicidal intention. The major motive was marital conflict. The mortality rate was 79.6%. The mean burned surface area was 65.5%. Kerosene was used by 77% of the patients as a burning agent.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2003.10.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2003.10.010"
}