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Management and costs of deliberate self-poisoning in the general hospital: A multi-centre study

Navneet Kapur 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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Allan House 2Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Kath Dodgson 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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Chris May 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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Sarah Marshall 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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Barbara Tomenson 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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Francis Creed 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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Pages 223-230 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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