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Obstructive asphyxia: a cause of excess mortality in psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Eleanor Corcoran  and
Dermot Walsh
Eleanor Corcoran
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Letterkenny General Hospital, Co Donegal, Ireland
Dermot Walsh
Affiliation:
Inspector of Mental Hospitalsand Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the number of deaths which were caused by choking in a 10 year period in the Irish psychiatric in-patient population and the factors associated with such deaths.

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Brief reports
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 88 - 90
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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