Geographic and temporal patterns of recurrent intentional injury in south central Los Angeles

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 570-572

  Kennedy, Frank ^a,b   Brown, James R ^a   Elliot Brown, Karin A ^a   Fleming, Arthur W ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentional injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030239046     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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