Preventing recurring injuries from violence: The risk of assault among Cleveland youth after hospitalization

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1633-1636

  Litaker, David ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029819907     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.11.1633     Document Type: Article

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