Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology (대한임상독성학회지)
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.33-39
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- 2005
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- 1738-1320(pISSN)
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- 2508-6332(eISSN)
Trends Analysis of Suicidal Poisoning in Korea- Comparison before and after the IMF Crisis and the Economic Recession
IMF와 경기침체 전후 음독자살 환자에 대한 분석 -1997년부터 2004년까지 일개 대학병원 응급센터 연구조사를 중심으로-
- Lee Won Jae (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
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Park Kyu Nam
(Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
- Choi Seung Pil (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
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Lee Mi Jin
(Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
- 이원재 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
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박규남
(가톨릭대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
- 최승필 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
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이미진
(가톨릭대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실)
- Published : 2005.06.01
Abstract
Purpose: Nowadays the Korean society is in the center of time of the social change. Because of dissociation of traditional family, IMF (International Monetary Fund) crisis and economic recession, the mortality rate of suicidal attempts are increasing annually. The majority of suicidal attempts were by poisoning considering the characteristics of korean society. Therefore we studied to find out the characteristics of suicidal poisoning before and after social economic stress, and to suggest the direction for the proper management. Methods: We reviewed medical records of 547 patients of suicide by poisoning who visited the emergency medical centers of St. Mary's hospitals from 1997 to 2004. For the annual trends analysis, we analyzed the demographic and toxicologic data of these patients compared with before and after IMF crisis (1998) and the economic recession (