Self-Immolation in Women: Addressing an Urgent Human Crisis

Mohsen Rezaeian

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.30976

Self-Immolation in Women: Addressing an Urgent Human Crisis

authors:

Mohsen Rezaeian ^{1
, *}

1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Occupational Environmental Research Center, Rafsanjan Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, IR Iran

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.6, issue 1; e30976

published online: September 24, 2016

article type: Letter

received: June 23, 2015

revised: October 26, 2015

accepted: March 7, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.30976

how to cite: Rezaeian M. Self-Immolation in Women: Addressing an Urgent Human Crisis. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2017;6(1):e30976. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.30976.

Keywords

Crisis Self-Immulation Women

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