TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Suicide by burns: a tragic end
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Mabrouk, A. R.
A1  - Mahmod Omar, A. N.
A1  - Massoud, K.
A1  - Magdy Sherif, M.
A1  - El Sayed, N.
SP  - 337
EP  - 339
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - Through the period of 20 months from May 1995 to December 1996, of the 759 patients who presented to the burn unit of Ain Shams University in Cairo Egypt, 23 had attempted suicide by self-immolation. 21 patients were females and 2 were males. The total body surface area burn ranged between 15 to 95% with a mean of 45% and the mortality rate was 73%. Kerosene was used by all the patients to ignite the fire.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -