title: Budapest Registry of Self-poisoned Patients.
abstract: The majority of persons attempting suicide are young (peak in the 17-19 age group), female (68%), otherwise healthy, and use chemicals for this purpose (self-poisoning); 98% of these persons survive. Thus, survivors of self-poisoning present a unique model for the study of somatic and germinal mutagenic effects of large doses of chemicals in human beings. This recognition prompted the establishment of the Budapest Registry of Self-poisoned Patients in 1990. The recorded 11,847 cases used 20,324 drugs in 1990-1992. Benzodiazepines were the most popular drugs for self-poisoning. International collaboration by the use of molecular epidemiological methods seems to be promising in the self-poisoning model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics and Teratology, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Czeizel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009153:Mutagens; D012042:Registries; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens