Are newspapers a viable source for intentional injury surveillance data?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-242

  Fine, Philip R ^a   Jones, Chester S ^a   Wrigley, J Michael ^a   Richards, J Scott ^a   Rousculp, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; INFORMATION; INJURY; RAPE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031971334     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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