The economic cost of homicide in New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 973-977

  Fanslow, Janet ^a   Coggan, Carolyn ^a   Miller, Brent ^a   Norton, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economics; Homicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030852104     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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